Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N10SV

Summary

On 31 August 1986 at about 21:00 local time, a Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 registered N10SV, operated by Channel Island Aviation, was involved in an accident near Santa Paula, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 August 1986 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Paula, California, United States

Nearest airport

Santa Paula (SZP)

Coordinates

34.3994, -119.0698

Aircraft

Great Lakes 2T-1A-2

Registration

N10SV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Channel Island Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camarillo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA340

2 people were seriously injured.

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 BIPLANE CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AFTER A LOSS OF POWER. THE ACFT HAD BEEN DOING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE PLT INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT AT 7,500 FT MSL WHILE IN A DESCENT. SHE RELINQUISHED THE FLT CONTROLS TO THE FRONT SEAT CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PLT-PASSENGER WHILE SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE RESTARTED BUT DID NOT REGAIN ENOUGH POWER TO PREVENT THE ACFT FROM COLLIDING WITH THE TERRAIN. THE FRONT SEAT PILOT WHO WAS CURRENT IN THE ACFT CONTINUED TO FLY UNTIL IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.