- Date
- October 11, 1987, 16:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Baldy, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47529Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871011059189A
- Case key
- 25781
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Analysis
Bfr tkof, the plt filed a VFR flt plan & rcvd a wx briefing which included an AIRMET. The AIRMET contained precautionaryinfo abt instrument conds (IMC), icing & mtn obscuration in calif. When the plt opened his flt plan with the fss, he wasagain briefed on the AIRMET. Drg flt, the acft impacted steep/rising trrn on the NE slope of mt hardwood at an elev of aprx 8750'. The plt had planned for flt along published airways & filed to cruise at 8500' MSL. For flt in the vcnty of the acdnt, he had filed to FOLL0W V-394 fm dagget to aples intxn (hdg 214 deg), then to turn & F0LLOW V-442 to paradise (hdg 192 deg). However, after reaching aples intxn, the acft did not change course, but contd in the same drctn (as if contg on V-394). Abt 21 mi byd aples intxn, it crashed. For instrument flt nr the crash site, the min en route alt on V-394 was 11,500'. The plt had recently taken flt training in preparation for an instrument rating. The ELT had activated, but aerial search & rescue opns were not psbl on the day of the acdnt due to IMC wx in the mtns.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47529
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287890087
- Airframe hours
- 2,305
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cal State Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Schrieber, Charles H Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 22, 1987 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- LBG · Long Beach, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 7 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VCV, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.