Plane Crash List

Yakovlev YAK-55M N7090L

20 November 1993 · Greenfield, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 November 1993 at about 21:00 local time, a Yakovlev YAK-55M registered N7090L, operated by James D. Lewis, was involved in an accident near Greenfield, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Greenfield, California, United States
Coordinates
36.2598, -121.3706
Aircraft
Yakovlev YAK-55M
Registration
N7090L
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
James D. Lewis
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Metz → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX94LA066

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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 PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE EXECUTING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THE ALTITUDE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THIS ACCIDENT FOUR DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND HAD REMOVED THE AIRPLANE BEFORE INVESTIGATORS COULD EXAMINE IT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Yakovlev YAK-55M accidents

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1 Aug 1998 Yakovlev YAK-55M
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14 Jul 2007 Yakovlev YAK-55M
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All 6 records for this type

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