- Date
- August 12, 1990, 17:10 local (Aug 13, 1990, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3314KGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900812033239A
- Case key
- 26892
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate altitude resulting in an inflight encounter with an unfavorable wind at a low altitude in a hilly 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
The pilot stated he made a normal takeoff and was in the initial climb, when he made a heading change towards a low area in the hills. At that time the aircraft rolled to the left inverted. While attempting to recover from the unusual attitude he struck the hillside. The owner refused access to the aircraft for examination after illegally removing it. The winds were reported to be 230 degrees at 18 knots with peak gusts to 23 knots. A resident flight examiner stated the winds were very 'choppy'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3314K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1307
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R.M. Lundsford, S.R.
- Destination
- 2Q3 · Woodland, 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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SUU, 6 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.