ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 351647
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| Date: | Sunday 11 February 2024 |
| Time: | 10:35 |
| Type: |  Evektor EV-97 Harmony LSA |
| Owner/operator: | Rotor Notions Inc |
| Registration: | N377YG |
| MSN: | 2020 2131 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | John Wayne/Orange County Airport (SNA/KSNA), Santa Ana, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA) |
| Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On February 11, 2024, about 1035 Pacific standard time, an Evektor-Aerotechnik Harmony LSA, N377YG, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Santa Ana, California. The flight instructor sustained serious injuries and the student pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight.
According to a flight instructor that witnessed the accident, a transport category airplane had touched down on runway 20R at the John Wayne/Orange County Airport (SNA), Santa Ana, California, about 30 seconds before the accident airplane descended over airport property just north of runway 20L. The witness stated that as the airplane was about 50 ft above ground level (agl) it appeared to be landing on runway 20L, when it entered an aggressive right roll and descended rapidly into terrain. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the fuselage, both wings, and the empennage were substantially damaged.
About 14 minutes after the accident, recorded weather conditions at SNA showed that the wind was calm. Preliminary review of recorded air traffic control communications revealed that the tower controller issued the pilots of the accident airplane a caution about wake turbulence from the transport category airplane, which was acknowledged by the student pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/02/11/small-plane-crashes-into-john-wayne-airport-runway-2-injured/
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/small-plane-crashes-at-john-wayne-airport-2-injured/3336549/
https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/comments/1aofl07/airplane_crash_at_john_wayne_airport_ksna/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=377YG
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N377YG/history/20240211/1757Z/KSNA/KSNA
https://imgur.com/a/0czXlI2 (video)
https://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/001/655/001655134.jpg (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: Orange County Fire Authority
Photo taken right after I witnessed this crash while approaching runway 20L. It’s not ground loop, it’s a stall from about 20ft
Media:
John Wayne Airport - A small plane crashed on the Northeastern part of the field, injuring the pilot and a passenger. One of the patients required extrication from the aircraft. Both patients were transported to area hospitals. commercial operations at JWA were not affected. pic.twitter.com/dC2SgO9TMo
— OCFA PIO (@OCFireAuthority) February 11, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2024 21:16 | Geno | Added |
| 12-Feb-2024 07:26 | vasilf | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 12-Feb-2024 07:27 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Feb-2024 07:34 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Photo] |
| 12-Feb-2024 07:52 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code, Category] |
| 12-Feb-2024 10:37 | Spectator | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2024 12:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Feb-2024 18:54 | fr7391 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2024 20:03 | ASN | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 13-Feb-2024 08:22 | Anon. | Updated [Time] |
| 13-Feb-2024 08:23 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 13-Feb-2024 08:23 | ASN | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2024 22:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2024 08:03 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Mar-2024 09:51 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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