- Date
- December 27, 1988, 11:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3388KUnivair Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881227056839A
- Case key
- 26314
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Probable cause
**This report was modified on 2/24/2016. Please refer to the public docket for this accident for additional information.**
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during an emergency landing following an inflight loss of engine power, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control and collision with terrain.
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
During initial climb, at about 300 ft AGL, the plt reported, a total loss of eng power was experienced. The plt maneuvered the acft toward a clearing, lost control and collided with level terrain in a nose low attitude adjacent to a city street. Exam of the airframe & engine revealed adequate sources of wing tank fuel, induction air and ignition. The engine was partially disassembled & no mechanical malfunctions were noted. A controller reported that after takeoff the acft climbed to between 250 and 300 feet AGL and he observed the acft in a high nose up pitch attitude before the left wing dropped and the acft descended out of view.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3388K
- Reported as
- Univair Globe GC-1B (GLOBE GC-1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1381
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald J. Urbonas
- Registered owner
- Ronald J Urbonas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1988
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 21, 6,204 × 150 ft
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 1 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.