- Date
- November 5, 1988, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yucca Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N94TBAerospatiale TB-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881105059639A
- Case key
- 26289
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt and the CFI agreed that the acft developed a high sink rate as it passed over the departure end of the dirt rwy. The acft collided with the ground about 3/4 mile from the rwys end. The winds were variable but basically from the south at 15-20 KTS. The da was 4500 ft. a ground witnesses thought he heard the eng sputter at the rwys end. The CFI said that because of the lack of climb he checked that the throttle was fully open and then looked back outside. He said that the student did all that he thought could be done so he did not interfere in controlling the acft. No malfunctions were reported by the plts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94TB
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale TB-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 542
- Airframe hours
- 713
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-540-C4D5D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony Korba
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1988 · 55 hours before
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- Dirt Strip, runway 27, 1,500 × ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,380 total · 80 in this make and model · 2,380 as pilot in command · 244 in the last 90 days · 76 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.