Mooney M20J N3551H

Summary

On 14 September 1987 at about 04:29 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N3551H, operated by CAL. Pacific Associates Inc., was involved in an accident near Dublin, 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

14 September 1987 at 04:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Dublin, California, United States

Nearest airport

Oakland (OAK)

Coordinates

37.6491, -121.8508

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N3551H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

CAL. Pacific Associates Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Concord → Oakland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX87FA335

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 PILOT HAD FLOWN 5.6 HOURS DURING THE DAY, STARTING THE FIRST FLIGHT ABOUT 0600. ATC CONTROLLERS STATED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW THE CLEARANCE ISSUED TO HIM. THE CONTROLLERS THEN ISSUED RADAR VECTORS. THE INSTRUCTOR THE PILOT FLEW WITH EARLIER IN THE DAY STATED THAT HE HAD SUGGESTED TO THE PILOT THAT HE SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT BUT THE PILOT DECIDED TO DEPART. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT HE WAS TIRED AND WASN'T DOING TOO WELL. THE CONTROLLER STATED LATER THAT THE PILOT HAD TROUBLE FOLLOWING THE VECTORS GIVEN TO HIM. SHORTLY AFTER THE PILOTACKNOWLEDGED CLEARANCE FOR THE ILS THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN HEADING 180 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE INBOUND LOC COURSE. THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK SHOWED ONLY 8 HOURS OF ACTUAL INSTRUMENT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.