Kidd Chris HARMON ROC N96KR

Summary

On 2 February 2008 at about 18:00 local time, a Kidd Chris HARMON ROC registered N96KR, operated by Kidd Chris, was involved in an accident near Maricopa, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 February 2008 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Maricopa, California, United States

Coordinates

34.9558, -119.4467

Aircraft

Kidd Chris HARMON ROC

Registration

N96KR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kidd Chris

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Taft → New Cuyama

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08LA070

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude while maneuvering in mountainous, hilly terrain. Contributing to the accident were hilly terrain, a low ceiling and gusty winds.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed a location where visual meteorological conditions existed, and was attempting to fly to another location that was also reporting visual meteorological conditions. During the flight, the pilot entered an area of hilly terrain that was covered by a low overcast ceiling of variable height. While maneuvering through that area in winds that were reportedly gusting to 10 miles per hour, the airplane impacted the terrain. No evidence was found of any anomaly or malfunction of the airframe, flight controls, or engine.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.