Yarnell GRASS HOPPER N80546

Summary

On 4 June 1983 at about 07:00 local time, a Yarnell GRASS HOPPER registered N80546 was involved in an accident near Redding, 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

4 June 1983 at 07:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Redding, California, United States

Coordinates

40.5199, -122.3190

Aircraft

Yarnell GRASS HOPPER

Registration

N80546

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montague → Orland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

LAX83FVG12

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 INTO STEEP MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE WRECKAGE WAS 50 FEET BELOW A RIDGE LINE IN DEEP BRUSH. THE ENGINE AND NOSE SECTION WERE BURIED TO THE FIREWALL. EIGHT INCHES OF ONE PROP BLADE SHOWED ABOVEGROUND AND REVEALED NO RADIAL MARKS. THE ACFT WAS REFUELED AT MONTAGUE, CA WITH 14 GALS OF FUEL. THE PILOT TOLD THE FBO OPERATOR THERE THAT HE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACFT AND WAS TAKING IT TO TEXAS. HE ALSO STATED HE WAS PLANNING TO STOP ATORLAND, CA FOR HIS NEXT REFUELING. THE ACFT DEPARTED MONTAGUE AT 1300 HRS. THE BOYS WHO FOUND THE ACFT ON 6/5/83 THOUGHT THEY SAW IN CIRCLING LAKE SHASTA AT 1600 ON 6/4/83.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.