- Date
- April 5, 1992, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cucamonga, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N302CBGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920405009159A
- Case key
- 27419
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate altitude to avoid the rising terrain of the box canyon, and, his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin above stall while maneuvering in an attempt to reverse course. A factor in the accident was the pilot having been distracted by the lead airplane's pilot broadcast that he had become trapped in the canyon.
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, and a friend flying in a second similar model airplane which also crashed, proceeded up a box canyon. During the loose formation flight the accident pilot was in trail. The pilot of the lead airplane reported that both he and his friend were familiar with the canyon. The pilot of the lead airplane reported that entering the canyon he intentionally descended to 250 feet AGL. Witnesses estimated that the lead airplane flew up the canyon between 100 and 200 feet AGL, while the accident (second) airplane flew up the canyon between 300 and 600 feet AGL. The pilot of the lead airplane stated that he broadcast to the accident pilot that he had become trapped in the canyon. The accident airplane was observed to commence a steep left bank (course reversal) turn, and then descend whereupon the sound of an impact was heard. No mechanical malfunctions were found during the examination of the airplane. (See report number LAX92LA166 for details of the other airplane's crash.)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N302CB
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 231
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter W. Campbell
- Registered owner
- Walter W. Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1991
- Departed
- L12 · Redlands, CA
- Destination
- CCB · Upland, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ONT, 8 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.