- Date
- December 20, 1987, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fallbrook, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7970BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871220080659A
- Case key
- 25922
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that while on short final to rwy 36, approx 5 to 6 ft AGL ovr the rwy, he noticed another acft approaching fm the opposite direction. He initiated a climbing right turn and collided with a tree located abt 150 ft to the right of the rwy centerline. Witnesses indicated that the wind favored rwy 18 and that the proximity of the two acft was not a contributing factor to the accd. The plt of the other acft stated that the UNICOM operator advised him that the wind favored the use of rwy 18 and that he transmitted his position on the UNICOM frequency on both base and final for rwy 18. He also added that he observed N7970B shortly after it had lifted off of rwy 36 and that it 'appeared to have an unusually high angle of attack, went into a right bank, and then appeared to stall...'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7970B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29770
- Airframe hours
- 6,964
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Bolduc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 3, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- L18 · Fallbrook, runway 36, 2,160 × 70 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 779 total · 657 in this make and model · 712 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRQ, 13 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.