Oceanside Municipal Airport, Oceanside, CA
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Accident occurred Saturday, August 09, 2008
in Oceanside, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 9/26/2008
Aircraft: Cessna 152, registration: N46974
Injuries: 2 Minor.
The pilot and pilot-rated passenger rented
the airplane for a personal cross-country
flight to build flight time. The trip
consisted of a 261-nautical mile (nm) leg, a
refueling stop, and a 271-nm leg. After
completing the first leg, the airplane was
refueled with 25 gallons of aviation fuel.
During the second leg, as the airplane
reached a position about 10 nm from the
destination airport, the engine lost power.
The pilot restarted the engine, and it ran
for a few minutes before losing power again.
The pilot was unfamiliar with the area and
did not see the destination airport until
the airplane was directly over the airport.
He realized the airplane was too high and
added full flaps and "started to side-slip
the airplane to lose our excessive
altitude." Initially, the pilot maneuvered
the airplane for a landing on runway 06;
however, he was still too high, so he
executed a 180-degree turn and landed on
runway 24. The airplane touched down near
the
departure end of the runway, overran the
pavement, and encountered an embankment. The
right wing sustained structural damage.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
personnel examined the airplane and reported
that the fuel tanks were intact, the left
wing fuel tank was dry, and the right wing
fuel tank contained about 0.5 gallons of
fuel. The fuel capacity of the airplane was
26 gallons, with 24.5 gallons of usable
fuel.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
A loss of engine power due to fuel
exhaustion that was caused by the pilot's
inadequate fuel consumption calculations and
failure to refuel the airplane en route.
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Accident occurred Sunday, June 22, 2008 in
Oceanside, CA
Aircraft: Cessna 172S, registration: N2436F
Injuries: 2 Fatal, 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to
change, and may contain errors. Any errors
in this report will be corrected when the
final report has been completed.
On June 22, 2008, about 1710 Pacific
daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N2436F,
impacted the Pacific Ocean about 2.5 miles
west of Oceanside, California. San Diego
Flight Training International, Inc.,
operated the airplane under the provisions
of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part
91 as a personal rental flight. The pilot
and one passenger are presumed to have been
killed; another passenger sustained serious
injuries, and was rescued by nearby boaters.
The airplane has not been located and is
presumed destroyed. The flight departed Long
Beach Airport (Daugherty Field - LGB), Long
Beach, California, with a planned
destination of Montgomery Field (MYF), San
Diego, California. Visual meteorological
conditions prevailed for the flight, and no
flight plan had been filed.
The accident pilot was in radio contact with
a company airplane, which was flying in
trail of the accident airplane. According to
the two airborne witnesses, the accident
pilot reported that he was going to place
the airplane in a spin. The airborne
witnesses observed the airplane set up for
the stall/spin maneuver, enter the stall and
spin, and then the pilot recovered from the
maneuver. Following the recovery from the
maneuver, the accident pilot reported that
he was going to perform another stall/spin
maneuver. The airborne witnesses watched as
the airplane climbed to about 7,000 feet,
where the accident pilot commenced with the
maneuver. The airborne witness stated that
the airplane entered into a spin and spun
all the way until it impacted with the
water. The airplane was in a nose down
attitude when it stuck the water.
The United States Coast Guard (USCG)
conducted a search for the victims and the
airplane. USCG personnel responded to the
latitude/longitude coordinates provided by
the airborne witnesses. No debris field was
present. A search was conducted; however, at
this time USCG has suspended their search
efforts.
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Accident occurred Tuesday, August 07, 2007
in Oceanside, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 11/29/2007
Aircraft: Cessna 421B, registration: N968J
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
According to the pilot, he had recently
purchased the airplane in Greenville,
Mississippi. The airplane had not been flown
for several years prior to the purchase, and
an annual inspection was completed on the
airplane on July 15, 2007. On the morning of
the accident, the pilot departed Greenville
in the airplane for a cross country flight
to his home in California. The accident
occurred during landing on the last leg of
the flight. During the landing rollout, the
right main landing gear collapsed. The pilot
was unable to maintain directional control
of the airplane, and it departed the right
side of the runway and collided with a
fence. The reason for the right main landing
gear collapsing was not determined.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
The collapse of the right main landing gear
during the landing roll for undetermined
reason, which resulted in a loss of
directional control and collision with a
fence.
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Accident occurred Monday, June 18, 2007 in
Oceanside, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 5/28/2008
Aircraft: Cessna 177RG, registration: N2144Q
Injuries: 1 Minor, 1 Uninjured.
During the first flight after installation
of an overhauled engine, overhauled
propeller and overhauled propeller governor,
the airplane's engine lost power, and the
pilot made a forced landing on an interstate
highway in a major metropolitan area. During
the landing, the airplane's left wing struck
a car. The pilot stated that he selected the
highway as a landing area "as everything
else was rooftops." Examination of the
engine revealed an uncontained catastrophic
failure of the number four connecting rod.
There was significant heat distress at the
number four connecting rod, and adjacent
components consistent with lack of oil
lubrication. The oil dipstick did not
register any oil in the sump, and a
significant oil film was on the firewall and
belly. The propeller governor was found
installed contrary to the engine
manufacturer's Parts Catalog and Service
Instructions. A single gasket was used to
mount the governor instead of the required
plate
sandwiched between two gaskets. A clear and
evident oil path was seen from the edge of
the single gasket. The improper governor
installation allowed engine oil to leak
overboard, resulting in a loss of
lubrication and failure of the number four
connecting rod.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
The improper installation of the propeller
governor (gasket) by maintenance personnel,
which resulted in a oil exhaustion induced
total loss of engine power. Contributing to
the accident was the lack of suitable
terrain for the forced landing.
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Accident occurred Saturday, October 15, 2005
in Oceanside, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 2/28/2006
Aircraft: Harmel RV6A, registration: N221MH
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
The airplane porpoised on landing and nosed
over after separation of the nose wheel. The
pilot said he was on final approach at 70
mph over the runway numbers. He leveled out
the airplane for touchdown and believed his
main landing gear were on the ground for
about 100 yards; however, he was mistaken,
and in fact, the airplane had not touched
down. He released backpressure on the
elevator control believing he was on the
ground and the airplane's nose wheel touched
down on the runway and the airplane began to
porpoise. The pilot attempted to ride out
the ensuing oscillations, but they only
worsened. The nose wheel broke off and the
airplane drifted to the right side of the
runway where it exited the paved surface.
The nose landing gear strut dug into the
dirt and the airplane nosed over.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
the pilot-induced oscillations encountered
on landing following the pilot's misjudged
landing flare and premature release of
elevator backpressure during touchdown.
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Accident occurred Friday, November 25, 2005
in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 3/28/2006
Aircraft: Cameron Balloons N-180,
registration: N4506B
Injuries: 12 Uninjured.
The balloon collided with a tree while
attempting to land during a revenue
sightseeing flight. The pilot said that he
was descending to land in a golf course at
the time of the accident and collided with a
tree short of the intended landing zone
after inadvertently shutting off the number
2 burner. The crossover valve for that
burner is in close proximity to the burner
handle. About 30 feet above the ground, the
balloon collided with an eucalyptus tree.
The balloon envelope tore slowly enough to
safely drop the basket to the ground. None
of the 11 passengers and crew onboard were
injured.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
the pilot's inadvertent deactivation of the
number 2 burner, which resulted in an
increased rate of descent and a collision
with a tree short of the intended landing
zone.
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Accident occurred Thursday, May 12, 2005 in
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 8/30/2007
Aircraft: Beech C35, registration: N709D
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
Following a loss of engine power, the pilot
made a forced landing in an open field and
collided with two fences. The FAA inspector
who responded to the accident site reported
that fuel was in the fuel tanks. A visual
inspection of the engine revealed no obvious
mechanical failures. Investigators made
unsuccessful attempts to run the engine; it
would start, but would not remain running.
The engine driven fuel pump was removed and
investigators noted that the mating splines
in the drive shaft were severely worn. A
review of the engine logbook revealed that a
field overhauled engine and an overhauled
fuel pump had been installed on the airframe
about a year prior to the accident; an
annual inspection had been completed at the
time of the engine installation. The owner
reported a total of 149.38 hours of
operation since the annual inspection. An
FAA approved repair station had overhauled
the fuel pump. The fuel pump was submitted
to the Safety Board
Materials Laboratory for further
examination. A senior metallurgist observed
wear and metal flow on the square key
portion of the fuel pump shaft. There was no
evidence of cracking or wear of the drive
gear splined teeth. The metallurgist
manually rotated the fuel pump and was able
to achieve only intermittent engagement
between the square key and corresponding
slot. A Rockwell Hardness Test (C-scale;
HRC) of the gear was conducted. The hardness
specification for the gear was between 50-52
HRC. Initially the gear results for the HRC
were below acceptable limits and a Rockwell
B (B-scale; HRB) test was performed with an
average hardness of 94.5 HRB. Laboratory
personnel determined that the gear had a
cadmium coat, and conducted another test
after removal of the cadmium coat. The HRC
tests were performed with an average gear
hardness of 40 HRC. The FAA issued a
suspected unapproved part notification (UPN
No. 2004-00053) regarding the
overhaul/repair
procedure of the accident fuel pump.
Teledyne Continental Motors issued a Service
Instruction Letter (SIL) SIL06-2 notifying
owners and operators of the FAA's issuance
of UPN No. 2004-00053.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
failure of the engine driven fuel pump due
to the improper overhaul procedure of the
fuel pump by an overhaul facility, and the
use of parts that did not meet hardness
specification.
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