Piper PA-18-150 N999BA

Summary

On 15 September 1987 at about 02:18 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N999BA, operated by Lamb, Vaughn R., was involved in an accident near Byron, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 September 1987 at 02:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Byron, California, United States

Coordinates

37.8504, -121.6196

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N999BA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lamb, Vaughn R.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA336

2 people had minor injuries.

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

WITH THE WIND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 10 KNOTS, THE PLT WAS TAXIING THE ACFT IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT A HIGH ENOUGH SPEED TO KEEP 'ON THE STEP'. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE ACFT TO A SOUTHWESTERLY HEADING FOR TKOF, THE ACFT FAILED TO RESPOND. RATHER THAN ABORT THE TKOF, HE CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD, JUDGING THAT HE HAD SUFFICIENT ROOM TO TKOF IN THAT DIRECTION. AT 38 TO 40 KNOTS, WHILE APPROACHING A LEVEE, HE PULLED THE ACFT OFF THE WATER. THE RIGHT FLOAT GRAZED THE TOP OF THE LEVEE, CAUSING THE ACFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING COLLIDING WITH A TELEPHONE POLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.