- Date
- May 17, 1986, 15:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place
- Blue River, OR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1403ALake LA-4-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860517017779A
- Case key
- 40283
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Several witnesses reported seeing the acft flying near the eugene arpt at an alt of 400 to 500 ft AGL. The acft was heading toward the Blue River. The acft was then seen flying over the Blue River forest ranger station aprx 7 minutes prior to the accident. At this time the acft was at an alt of aprx 1000 ft AGL as it turned up the north quartz creek. The acft then impacted the side of a box canyon in a steep nose down attitude aprx 1000 ft below the ridge line. The plt operating handbook lists the rate of climb at standard conditions as 680 fpm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1403A
- Reported as
- Lake LA-4-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry A. Berryman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- EUG · Eugene, OR
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 21 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EUG, 40 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.