Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Banning Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Banning, California 92223
Monday, July 18, 1994 11:06 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FROM PHOENIX TO VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, AND STOPPED AT BANNING FOR FUEL. AFTER ARRIVAL, 45.1 GALLONS OF 100 LL AVIATION FUEL WERE LOADED INTO THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL TANKS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED OUT AND DEPARTED ON THE 5,200-FOOT-LONG RUNWAY 26, WHICH HAS AN UPHILL GRADIENT OF 2.4 PERCENT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES ON THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT USED APPROXIMATELY 4,200 FEET OF THE RUNWAY LENGTH DURING THE GROUND RUN AND NEVER ACHIEVED MORE THAN 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN THE CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLOWLY DESCENDED IN A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE AS THE WINGS OSCILLATED SLIGHTLY. A PILOT WITNESS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY PARALLEL TO THE AIRCRAFT'S FLIGHT PATH REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S GROUND SPEED GRADUALLY DECAYED BELOW 55 MPH AS THE NOSE ROSE HIGHER AND HIGHER. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SLIGHT LEFT TURN, THEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE TOP OF A 40-FOOT-TALL POWER POLE AND CAME TO REST ON THE DRIVEWAY OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED 223 POUNDS OVER MAX ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 4,240 FEET. NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the pilot's failure to obtain and maintain an appropriate climb airspeed after lift-off which resulted in an inadvertent stall mush condition. Factors in the accident were the high-density altitude condition, the pilot's selection of a runway with an uphill gradient, and the pilot's loading of the aircraft 223 pounds in excess of the maximum allowable gross takeoff weight.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/18/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1106 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | BANNING |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92223 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BANNING MUNICIPAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | BNG |
| 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 | 260 |
| Airport Elevation | 2219 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1055 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 98 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PSP |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 462 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 20 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 15000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 25 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 4240 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1875 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 18 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1200 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 11:44AM |
| 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 | N4487X |
| NTSB Number | LAX94LA290 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-140 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-140 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-7625043 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2150 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 4 1994 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 44 |
| Airframe Hours | 2828 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MAURICE E. ZEIGLER |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 40215 CASTILLO RD. |
| Aircraft Owner City | PALMDALE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 93550 |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | BNG |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1104 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | VNY |
| Destination City | VAN NUYS |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 26 |
| Runway Length | 5200 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |