- Date
- January 15, 1988, 18:25 local (Jan 16, 1988, 02:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lost Hills, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7573NCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880115000639A
- Case key
- 25803
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On a dark night with light drizzle falling the pvt plt, who was not instrument rated, departed from an uncontrolled arpt for a x-c flt. The plt made a downwind departure, & his altitude on the x-wind leg was estimated by a passing truck driver at 200 ft AGL. The acft then turned downwind & descended until it collided with a level plowed field devoid of lights. Patchy ground fog was observed north of the crash site in the direction the pilot was attempting to fly. A few min prior to taking off the plt had received an abbreviated weather briefing. The fss specialist informed the plt marginal wx conditions existed & he did not recommend VFR flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7573N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063236
- Airframe hours
- 1,496
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Seibold Corp.
- Registered owner
- Seibold Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1987 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- L84 · Lost Hills, CA
- Destination
- SCK · Stockton, CA
- Airport
- L84 · Lost Hill/Kern Co
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 349 total · 144 in this make and model · 294 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Observed at
- BFL, 33 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.