ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58864
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| Date: | Sunday 1 March 2009 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Diamond DA40 Diamond Star |
| Owner/operator: | Plant City Airport Services |
| Registration: | N521DS |
| MSN: | 40.621 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 652 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-MIA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 mile off Trinidad Head, near Arcata, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bakersfield, CA (KBFL) |
| Arcata Airport, CA (KACV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was executing an over-water instrument approach to Runway 14 on a dark night in an area of moderate to heavy precipitation and light to moderate turbulence. Based upon the airplane's descent profile, recorded radar data, local ocean currents, and the ultimate distribution of debris along the beach, the airplane impacted the ocean's surface about one-half mile offshore and about seven statute miles northwest of the Arcata Airport. In the forty-two hours immediately preceding the accident, the pilot had flown about twenty hours and forty-five minutes, and had crossed four time zones. There was no record of the pilot acquiring a weather briefing relating to his destination on the day of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude and glidepath while executing a night instrument approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's fatigue.
Sources:
NTSB
FAA
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11820459
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N521DS/history/20090302/0340Z/KBFL/KACV
http://www.velozia.com/?p=708
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2009 10:57 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Mar-2009 07:19 | Digitalis | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 12:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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