Piper AEROSTAR 601P N902RG

Summary

On 14 September 1987 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper AEROSTAR 601P registered N902RG, operated by CAL Aero Aircraft Sales, Inc, was involved in an accident near Corona, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 September 1987 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Corona, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper AEROSTAR 601P

Registration

N902RG

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

CAL Aero Aircraft Sales, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Carlsbad

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87FA337

1 person was 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 AIRPLANE WAS REFUELED BEFORE IT DEPT ON THE ACCD FLIGHT; THE PILOT DID NOT SUPERVISE THE FUELING. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT ADVISED THE ONTARIO DEPT CONTROLLER THAT BOTH ENGINES WERE EXPERIENCING A POWER LOSS AND THAT HE SUSPECTED JET FUEL CONTAMINATION. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A BERM DURING THE ENSUING FORCED LANDING. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FBO FUELED THE AIRPLANE WITH 131.3 GALS OF JET A FUEL. INVESTIGATORS DID NOT LOCATE ANY WITNESSES WHO SAW THE PLT PREFLT THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES & COULD NOT RECALL IF HE HAD PREFLIGHTED THE AIRPLANE - THE RT FRONT SEAT PAX WAS NOT PRESENT WHEN THE PLT BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.