- Date
- April 5, 1992, 13:31 local (20:31 UTC)
- Place
- Cucamonga, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3319KGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920405008759A
- Case key
- 27592
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate altitude to avoid colliding into the rising terrain of the box canyon. A factor in the accident was the pilot having been distracted by an engine gage.
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 pilot was in the lead. The pilot reported that he was familiar with the canyon and he intentionally descended to 250 feet AGL while proceeding up the canyon. The pilot stated he became distracted when an engine cylinder's EGT gage began fluctuating. Thereafter, he was too FAR into the canyon to turn around, and he collided with the side of the canyon. No mechanical malfunctions were found with the engine which was fire damaged. (See report number LAX92FA169 for details of the other airplane's crash.)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3319K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1312
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1D6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas R. Barrow
- Registered owner
- Douglas R. Barrow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1991 · 150 hours before
- 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 303 total · 301 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
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.