- Date
- June 8, 1991, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hollister, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N993CANorth American T-28B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910608020669A
- Case key
- 27239
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Probable cause
The pilot's intentional bailing out of his airplane. Contributing factors are related to the possible onset of a rough running engine.
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 a personal flight the pilot reported encountering a rough running engine. Although the engine continued to operate, the pilot believed his best course of action was to bail out. The bail out was successful and the airplane crashed and burned into the underlying hilly terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N993CA
- Reported as
- North American T-28B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 174-635
- Engine
- Lycoming R-1820-86B, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John D. Castellucci
- Registered owner
- John D. Castellucci
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- 2Q3 · Winters, 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 851 total · 76 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.