- Date
- September 17, 1990, 17:30 local (Sep 18, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Poway, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N810WPParrigin RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900917039539A
- Case key
- 26552
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Probable cause
The pilot's performing low level acrobatic maneuvers and failure to maintain aircraft control.
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 pilot was performing low level aerobatics at an altitude of 200 to 300 feet over a construction site at which he previously worked. There were no reported mechanical or physiological problems prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N810WP
- Reported as
- Parrigin RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 810
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parrigin, William H.
- Registered owner
- William H Parrigin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- SEE · El Cajon, CA
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.