Olgleby Ranch Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Santa Barbara, California 93117
Saturday, June 18, 1988 19:30 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE FLT DEPARTED OCEANO ARPT, OCEANO, CA AT ABOUT 1830 ON A VFR FLT TO TAFT, CA. ABT 30 MIN AFT DEPARTING L52, THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED AND ELECTED TO LAND ON A PVT AIRSTRIP ABT 20 MI NORTH OF SANTA BARBARA, CA. THE PLT ENTERED A WEST DOWNWIND LEG (RT TRAFFIC) FOR RY 18 AFTER HE EXECUTED A LOW PASS OVER THE RY. THE PLT REPTD THAT WHEN HE ENTERED THE BASE LEG THE AIRSPEED DIMINISHED RAPIDLY AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED SHORT OF THE RY. GND WITNESSES RPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE 'STALLED' & THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS TRAVELING AT A 'VERY SLOW AIRSPEED' WHEN IT ENTERED THE BASE LEG. THE PLT RPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/18/1988
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1930
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City SANTA BARBARA
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 93117
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 OLGLEBY RANCH
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
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 2000
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 Dusk
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) 8
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
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) 4000
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 2
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1421
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 18 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2330
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37536
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 N37354
NTSB Number LAX88LA225
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 BEECH
Aircraft Model 77
Aircraft Series Identifier 77
Aircraft Serial Number WA174
Certified Max Gross Weight 1675
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 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Jun 13 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 6
Airframe Hours 2200
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Yes
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name SCHUSTER, JERRY R
Aircraft Owner Street Address 500 AIRPORT ROAD
Aircraft Owner City TAFT
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 93268
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name SCHUSTER, JERRY R.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 500 TAFT ROAD
Operator City TAFT
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 93268
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 L52
Departure City OCEANO
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1830
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code L17
Destination City TAFT
Destination State CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
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 18
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --