North American T-28B N14110

Summary

On 16 March 1984 at about 00:30 local time, a North American T-28B registered N14110, operated by Ricardo Rocha, was involved in an accident near Rialto, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 March 1984 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Rialto, California, United States

Coordinates

34.1000, -117.3806

Aircraft

North American T-28B

Registration

N14110

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ricardo Rocha

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rialto → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA220

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT WAS AUTHORIZED BY ACFT OWNER TO TEST FLY THE ACFT AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH A LOCAL FBO OWNER ON BOARD. PLT MADE 3 FLTS, LAST OF WHICH CULMINATED IN THE ACCIDENT. ON THE FIRST AND THIRD FLTS, UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. FBO OWNER STATED PLT PERFORMED A 'COUPLE ROLLS' DURING THE SECOND FLT WHEN HE WAS ON BOARD. ON THE THIRD FLT, SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED, PLT 'BUZZED' THE RWY AND MADE A WIDE CLIMBING TURN TO A WIDE DOWNWIND NORTH OF THE RWY. ONCE LEVEL, BTW 700 AND 1000 FT, PLT BEGAN A SERIES OF LEFT AILERON ROLLS. NUMBER OF ROLLS VARIED AS REPORTED BY WITNESSES, HOWEVER, ALL STATED THAT DURING THE LAST ROLL THE ACFT HESITATED NEAR THE INVERTED POSITION, THE NOSE DROPPED AND ACFT CONTINUED TO ROLL INTO THE GROUND. THREE FLT INSTRUCTORS STATED THEY ADMONISHED THE PLT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE PAST 'NOT TO PERFORM AEROBATICS IN THE AIRCRAFT' ESPECIALLY SINCE WING PODS WERE INSTALLED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.