- Date
- March 3, 1988, 20:32 local (Mar 4, 1988, 04:32 UTC)
- Place
- Hesperia, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2184UPiper PA-28-236
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880303004419A
- Case key
- 25957
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Procedures/directives - misjudgedCause
Mixture - improper use ofCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Light condition - bright nightFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2184U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7911120
- Airframe hours
- 1,089
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3AD, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Flite Center
- Registered owner
- Rowbotham, Lynn B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 16, 1987 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- OGD · Ogden, UT
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- L26 · Hesperia Air Lodge
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 653 total · 17 in this make and model · 536 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 340° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.