# NTSB LAX89LA054: Cessna 175, N6641E, Tracy, CA, November 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 20, 1988, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Coordinates: 37.730758, -121.419395 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7308&lon=-121.4194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26302
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26302/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA054

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, unknown
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate initial training, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND NOSED OVER AND ABANDONED SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PILOT, HOWEVER, HE DOES NOT HOLD A PILOTS LICENSE NOR A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE EXHAUSTED OF FUEL. THE PILOT LEFT THE ACCIDENT SITE IMMEDIATELY AND DID NOT FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6641E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6641E-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N 56141, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 56141
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-300A 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Haley, Clay E.
- Registered owner: Pirro, Ray
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: 036, Tracy, runway 29, 3,680 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SCK, 16 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881120051459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881120051459A), Nov 20, 1988: Cessna 175, Tracy, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft found inverted near airport in open field. Pilot not found had left the scene.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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