Hemet Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hemet, California 92501
Friday, June 3, 1988 22:50 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DURING THE LANDING WHILE ON A SOLO (INSTRUCTIONAL) NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED, AND VEERED LEFT. DURING THE SECOND BOUNCE BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY, THE PILOT ADDED POWER. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT PATH AND COLLIDED WITH A TETRAHEDRON. THERE WERE NO REPORTED MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS DURING THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/3/1988
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 2250
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City HEMET
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92501
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport HEMET
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HMT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 1512
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) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
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 None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 668
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 4 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 955
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36535
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 11:50AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6181L
NTSB Number LAX88LA210
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name AMERICAN
Aircraft Model AA-1
Aircraft Series Identifier AA-1
Aircraft Serial Number AAI-0381
Certified Max Gross Weight 1465
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 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 24 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 190
Airframe Hours 2180
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MICHAEL J. MARENTIC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 400 SOUTH FLOWER ST. #163
Aircraft Owner City ORANGE
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 92668
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name RONALD DEAHR
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 24521 CHAMALEA DRIVE
Operator City MISSION VIEJO
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 92691
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) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code CNO
Departure City CHINO
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 2200
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
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 23
Runway Length 4315
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --