North American T-6G N7765C

Summary

On 11 October 1993 at about 20:10 local time, a North American T-6G registered N7765C, operated by Francis W. Elliot, was involved in an accident near Green Valley, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 October 1993 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Green Valley, California, United States

Coordinates

34.4299, -118.5095

Aircraft

North American T-6G

Registration

N7765C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Francis W. Elliot

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Van Nuys → Lancaster

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX94FA009

2 people died.

the CFI's failure to maintain the proper altitude while flying over mountainous terrain, and his inadvertent flight into instrument weather conditions. Contributing factors were the CFI's improper in-flight decision to fly at the low altitude and his misjudged evaluation of the weather.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The CFI planned to check out his student, who was a foreign country airline pilot, in the North American T-6G. The CFI planned to fly in a northward direction to Lancaster, which required traveling over rising mountainous terrain. At departure, a broken ceiling existed with a 3,000-foot msl base. Witnesses observed the northbound T-6G flying below the clouds and maneuvering up a canyon. Seconds before the airplane made a 180-degree course reversal turn and impacted the side of a mountain, it was observed flying in a northward direction 100 to 200 feet over a home and just below the cloud bases. The visibility was estimated at 0.25 miles, and the crash site elevation was about 3,600 feet msl.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.