ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325943
Date: | Saturday 29 September 1990 |
Time: | 12:29 |
Type: | Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon |
Owner/operator: | Douglas M. Lacey |
Registration: | N7250C |
MSN: | 15-1605 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-31 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lakeport, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Airport, CA (STS/KSTS) |
Destination airport: | Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Airport, CA (STS/KSTS) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane operated on a private flight out of Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Airport, California, USA. It was observed making several low passes, with its smoke generators operating, over seaplanes anchored in a lake. The last pass was reportedly at an altitude less than 50 ft, and then the airplane was observed entering an abnormally steep climb, followed by a near vertical nose-down attitude to impact. A video tape shows that both propellers were turning. The pilot had received his multi-engine rating in a Beechcraft 76 on March 6, 1990, and his type rating in the airplane March 28, 1990.
CAUSE: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed during a pull-up from a low pass. Factors which contributed to the accident were: the pilot's poor judgement in buzzing the seaplanes which resulted in insufficient altitude to recover from the stall, and the pilot's inexperience in the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX90FA336 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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