- Date
- July 22, 1987, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, OR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2794BAero Commander 560-A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870722040249A
- Case key
- 40528
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Analysis
The non-instrument rated pilot took off in overcast weather conditions and flew toward a mountain pass that was obscured in clouds. When the flight failed to arrive at the destination, a search was initiated and the wreckage located in a box canyon on the side of a mountain ridgeline. The aircraft had impacted in a vertical nose down attitude.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2794B
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 560-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 294
- Airframe hours
- 2,179
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-D1A, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jess Lee Terry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Destination
- SDM · San Diego, 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 923 total · 206 in this make and model · 830 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFR, 14 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.
Other investigations on N2794B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.