Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Hesperia Air Lodge Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Hesperia, California 92345
Thursday, March 3, 1988 20:32 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE IFR FLIGHT DEPT OGD, IFR, TO RETURN TO SNA AT 1622 HRS. AT 2010 HRS THE PLT ADVISED THE LAX ARTCC CONTROLLER THAT SHE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND REQ & RCVD A RADAR VECTOR TO ONTARIO ARPT (ONT), ONTARIO, CA. AT 2024, THE PLT RPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE RAN OUT OF GAS & REQ A VECTOR TO THE NEAREST ARPT. THE CONTROLLER GAVE THE PLT A VECTOR HEADING TO HESPERIA ARPT (L26), HESPERIA, CA. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST WITH THE FLT AT 2028 ABT 2 MILES WEST OF L26 AT 7,500 FT (ABT 4,110 FT A.G.L.). THE PLT COULD NOT FIND L26 AND ELECTED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE AIRPLANES LEFT WING STRUCK A JOSHUA TREE. THE INVESTIGATION DSCLD THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL CONSUMPTION TO OGD WAS 16.572 GAL/HR. THE FLT DEPT OGD WITH 72 GALS OF FUEL AND ITS FUEL CONSUMPTION RATE WAS 17.85 GAL/HR. THE CARB TESTED WITHIN THE MANUFACTURERS SPECS & THE SPARK PLUGS DISPLAYED LEAN & RICH MIXTURE SIGNATURES.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/3/1988 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 2032 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | HESPERIA |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92345 |
| Event Date Year | 1988 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | HESPERIA AIR LODGE |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | L26 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 3390 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Bright |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 340 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 20 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 3 |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1416 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 3 1988 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2115 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 37531 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 11:37AM |
| 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 | N2184U |
| NTSB Number | LAX88LA120 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-236 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-236 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-7911120 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3000 |
| 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 | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 16 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 89 |
| Airframe Hours | 1089 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ROWBOTHAM, LYNN B. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 177 F RIVERSIDE AVE. |
| Aircraft Owner City | NEWPORT BEACH |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 92663 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | AERO FLITE CENTER |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 19531 SOUTH AIRPORT WAY |
| Operator City | SANTA ANA |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 92707 |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Airport Code | OGD |
| Departure City | OGDEN |
| Departure State | UT |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1722 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | SNA |
| Destination City | SANTA ANA |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |