- Date
- August 2, 1988, 16:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Brea, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N79YCessna T-210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880802032649A
- Case key
- 25855
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
Visual/aural perceptionFactor
Low pass - performedFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-63052
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Century Air
- Registered owner
- R. D. Blindell/W. K. Darrin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- POC · Pomona, CA
- Destination
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- POC · Brackett, runway 26L, 4,839 × 75 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,494 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.