- Date
- November 28, 1987, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- San Marcos, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4767HPiper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871128068519A
- Case key
- 25796
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 2 plts took off on an instructional flt which was to be a biennial flt review for the acft owner. During the flt, the plts flew to a dirt strip on a saddleback between 2 mtn peaks near San Marcos. Subsequently, the acft struck a boulder & crashed near the northeast end of the strip. There were no known witnesses to the acdnt. There was evidence the acft had struck the boulder after the plts made a low pass over the strip on a northeasterly hdg. The acft came to rest about 30 ft northeast of the boulder with extensive damage. The prop blades contained chordwise scoring & massive smearing or leading edge damage. No preimpact mechanical problem was evident. An exam of the rwy revealed no indcn of the acft touching down before impact. Evidence was inconclusive as to which plt was manipulating the controls when the acdnt occurred. On this flt, the owner was considered to be the plt-in-command.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4767H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-689
- Airframe hours
- 2,150
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ernest L. Bradford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1987 · 140 hours before
- Departed
- L32 · Oceanside, CA
- Destination
- L32
- Airport
- Mountain Strip, runway 4, 1,500 × 30 ft, dirt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,890 total · 1,422 in this make and model · 1,814 as pilot in command · 153 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRQ, 7 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.