Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Fullerton Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fullerton, California 92633
Tuesady, May 31, 1994 8:45 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRPLANE USED MOST OF THE 3,120 FOOT LONG RUNWAY WITH SLOW ACCELERATION, AND FAILED TO ESTABLISH A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. IT THEN COLLIDED WITH A STREET LIGHT POLE LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN MODIFIED ABOUT 9.7 FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WITH AN FAA APPROVED TURBONORMALIZED/TURBO SYSTEM AND SPEED BRAKES. ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY CHECK PILOT, THE OWNER/PILOT HAD RECEIVED 1.5 HOURS OF GROUND INSTRUCTION AND 1.3 HOURS OF FLIGHT CHECKOUT ON THE MODIFICATION/CHANGES TO THE AIRPLANE. THE TURBO MODIFICATION WEIGHED 32 POUNDS MORE THAN REFLECTED IN THE STC PAPERWORK, AND THE CG WAS 3.61 INCHES FORWARD OF THE FORWARD LIMIT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED. THE TIP TANK FUEL CG WAS IN ERROR BY 10.9 INCHES IN THE STC PAPERWORK. THE AIRPLANE WAS OVER GROSS WEIGHT BY 26 POUNDS. THE FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS FOUND IN THE ON POSITION, AND COULD HAVE FLOODED THE ENGINE. THE SPARK PLUGS INDICATE AN OVER-RICH MIXTURE, WHICH COULD DEGRADE ENGINE PERFORMANCE. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTALLATION CAN CAUSE A DEGRADED TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE AT SEA LEVEL.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the pilot's lack of familiarity with the performance change of the airplane, and the lack of proper training/transition in the modified airplane. Contributing to the accident was inadequate substantiation process and insufficient review by the FAA; the improper weight and balance of the airplane; and the pilot's lack of total experience in this type of aircraft.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/31/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 845 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | FULLERTON |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92633 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FULLERTON MUNICIPAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FUL |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 90 |
| Airport Elevation | 96 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 845 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 270 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FUL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 96 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Thin Broken |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 12 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 19 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1983 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 31 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 856 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 11:14AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4323W |
| NTSB Number | LAX94FA232 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | A-36 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A-36 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | E-526 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3780 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 14 1994 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 86 |
| Airframe Hours | 3657 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TONY GALE DUNIVANT |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 205 CENTURY BLVD. |
| Aircraft Owner City | LAREDO |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 78040 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | FUL |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 845 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | LRD |
| Destination City | LAREDO |
| Destination State | TX |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 6 |
| Runway Length | 3120 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |