- Date
- October 19, 1994, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93SJStan G. Hallam RV-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941019035169A
- Case key
- 28966
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Probable cause
the pilot's poorly planned approach, his failure to maintain the proper airspeed and descent rate, and his failure to perform the necessary remedial action.
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 completing a VFR personal flight. The pilot said that while on final approach, he experienced a sink rate which he was unable to arrest before the airplane collided with the terrain short of the runway threshold. He said he did not experience any mechanical problems and the wind was calm.
Factual narrative
On October 19, 1994, at 0940 hours Pacific daylight time, a Stan G. Hallam homebuilt RV-6 airplane, N93SJ, crashed north of runway 16 at Bryant Field, Bridgeport, California. The pilot was completing a visual flight rules personal flight. The airplane, registered to and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant, did not receive any injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Madera Airport, Madera, California, at 0840 hours.
The pilot said in the aircraft accident report that while on final approach the airplane experience a heavy sink rate. He was unable to arrest the sink rate before colliding with the terrain north of the runway threshold.
He also said that the airplane did not experience any mechanical malfunctions or failures at the time of the accident. The pilot reported that the surface winds were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93SJ
- Reported as
- Stan G. Hallam RV-6
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 20052
- Airframe hours
- 122
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stan & Joyce Hallam
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1994 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- MAE · Madera, CA
- Destination
- O57
- Airport
- O57 · Bryant Field, runway 16, 4,239 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 706 total · 113 in this make and model · 663 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N93SJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.