Durbin MONNETT MONI N190PJ
1 November 1987 · Ramona, California, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 1 November 1987 at about 19:00 local time, a Durbin MONNETT MONI registered N190PJ, operated by Lipner, Robert M., was involved in an accident near Ramona, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ramona, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ramona (L39)
- Coordinates
- 33.0697, -116.8292
- Aircraft
- Durbin MONNETT MONI
- Registration
- N190PJ
- Category
- Glider
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Lipner, Robert M.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX88DUM01
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
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
ACQUAINTANCES OF THE PLT RPRTD HE HAD PERFORMED MAINTENANCE TO REPAIR AN INOPERATIVE AIRSPEED INDICATOR. HE THEN TOOK OFF ON A TEST FLT. A WITNESS, WHO WAS A PLT, RPRTD THE ENG STARTED TO 'CUT OUT' AT ABOUT 200 TO 300 FT AGL, THE TAIL 'WAGGLED A COUPLE OF TIMES' & THEN THE ACFT ENTERED A SPIN & CRASHED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. TWO OTHER WITNESSES RPRTD THERE WAS AN INTERRUPTION OF POWER BEFORE THE ACFT CRASHED. HOWEVER, THE ENG & FORWARD PART OF THE FUSELAGE WERE BADLY DAMAGED & NO REASON WAS FOUND FOR A POWER LOSS. AN EXAM OF THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR REVEALED IT HAD RUPTURED & HAD BEEN EPOXIED, BUT THE RUPTURE CONTINUED BEYOND THE EPOXY. THE PLT HAD A STUDENT CERTIFICATE. HE HAD 332 HRS OF FLT TIME IN ULTRALIGHTS, BUT HAD LOGGED ONLY 3 HRS OF DUAL FLT TIME IN POWERED ACFT & HAD ONLY 2.3 HRS IN THIS MAKE & MODEL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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