Robert D Campbell KR-1 N12YC

Summary

On 13 December 1985 at about 23:07 local time, a Robert D Campbell KR-1 registered N12YC was involved in an accident near Oakdale, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 December 1985 at 23:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Oakdale, California, United States

Coordinates

37.8000, -120.7393

Aircraft

Robert D Campbell KR-1

Registration

N12YC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakdale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86FVA01

1 person 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

THE ACFT CRASHED IN A COW PASTURE IN VMC WX. THE ACFT LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND IN A STEEP ANGLE OF BANK AND THE ACFT NOSED IN THROWING THE ENG 450 FT FARTHER ACROSS THE FIELD. THE CANOPY & CANOPY LATCH WERE FOUND PRIOR TO THE IMPACT POINT OF THE LEFT WING. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED EXCEPT THE TAIL SECTION WHICH WAS FOUND RELATIVELY INT ACT ABOUT 200 FT FROM INITIAL IMPACT POINT. WITNESSES HAD SEEN THIS ACFT PERFORM LOW PASSES AT THE OAKDALE ARPT. THE PLT HAD ASK HIS INSTUCTOR ABOUT PERFORMING AERO BATIC FLT AND HAD MADE A STATEMENT THAT THE ACFT WAS STRESSED FOR ACROBATICS. ACCORDING TO THE ACFT OPERATING LIMITITATIONS IMPOSED BY FAA THE ACFT WAS PROHIBITED FROM ACROBATICS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.