ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360777
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| Date: | Friday 4 March 1994 |
| Time: | 00:46 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 |
| Owner/operator: | Ameriflight, Inc. |
| Registration: | N78DE |
| MSN: | 31-7852087 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9136 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING TIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Frazier Park, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Burbank, CA (KBUR) |
| Oakland, CA (KOAK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO USE THE STORED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN, AND HE DEPARTED WITH A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY RADAR. AFTER REACHING VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS, THE PILOT PROCEEDED TOWARD HIS INTENDED DESTINATION AND CLIMBED TO 8,500 FEET. MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE, BUT NOT REQUESTED BY THE PILOT. A REVIEW OF RADAR DATA INDICATES THAT THE AIRPLANE'S TRACK REMAINED ALMOST CONSTANT AT 300 DEGREES WITH A 160-KNOT GROUND SPEED. THE LAST RADAR HIT ON THE AIRPLANE OCCURRED ABOUT 0.3 MILES FROM WHERE THE AIRPLANE CRUISED INTO 8,500 FOOT MSL TERRAIN WHILE STILL TRACKING ALONG A NORTHWESTERLY COURSE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN DARK, NIGHTIME CONDITIONS.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to select a cruise altitude which would ensure adequate terrain clearance. Contributing factors related to the dark, nighttime condition and to the pilot's lack of attentiveness.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94FA149
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 March 1994 | N78DE | Ameriflight | 1 | Gorman, 9 nm W of Frazier Park, Los Angeles County, California | |
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| 16-Mar-2024 11:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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