Star-Lite UNK N42TJ

Summary

On 23 August 1986 at about 15:30 local time, a Star-Lite UNK registered N42TJ was involved in an accident near Ramona, 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

23 August 1986 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ramona, California, United States

Coordinates

33.0706, -116.8292

Aircraft

Star-Lite UNK

Registration

N42TJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ramona → Romona

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86FUM02

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

DURING A LOCAL TEST FLIGHT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT ACFT, THE PLT WAS CIRCLING APRX 700 FT AGL WHEN THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE ACFT ENTERED AN UNCONTROLLABLE STEEP ANGLE DIVE AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. INSPECTION AS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE PLT HAD ALTERED THE DESIGN OF THE ACFT FROM THE PUBLISHED CONSTRUCTION MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.