ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26834
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| Date: | Friday 18 May 2001 |
| Time: | 10:32 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-34B Mentor |
| Owner/operator: | North Island Navy Flying Club |
| Registration: | N8NV |
| MSN: | BG-358 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9360 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,8 NM S of Julian, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nas Northisland, CA (NZY) |
| Agua Caliente, CA (L54) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot attempted to fly a military flying club airplane up a valley at a low altitude. The airplane was unable to outclimb the rising terrain, and it impacted the rocky hillside at an elevation of 3,400 feet mean sea level (msl). About 8 minutes after initiating the cross-country flight, and while en route to the planned destination airport, the pilot flew over a residence less than 400 feet above the ground, as evidence by the airplane's Mode C transponder. A witness, who was at the residence and who recognized the airplane, estimated its altitude as 500 feet above ground level. Thereafter, the pilot continued flying at a low altitude above ground level. The airplane's radar track disappeared as the pilot headed toward higher elevation terrain. The lowest altitude at which targets are observed on radar 1 mile south of the accident site area is between 3,600 and 3,700 feet msl. The accident airplane's track as it approached the accident site was not detected. The terrain leading to the accident site varies from 490 to 3,400 feet msl. The pilot was familiar with the accident site terrain, having flown over the terrain in military helicopters. No evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction was found during the wreckage examination.
Probable Cause: The pilot's selection of an insufficient altitude over rising mountainous terrain and his failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance.
Killed in the crash: USN LtJg Randy Cuajunco & USMC Sgt Christopher Lair
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010530X01035&key=1
ex.US Navy/Bu144051.
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 05-Oct-2017 17:53 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 05-Oct-2017 17:56 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2017 14:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 10-Dec-2017 11:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2021 13:16 | Rodger Asai | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2022 09:57 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Source] |
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