Corona Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Corona, California 91720
Saturday, July 16, 1988 13:40 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DURING TAKEOFF THE ENGINE FAILED TO DEVELOP FULL POWER & THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES LOCATED APPROX 500 FT BEYOND THE RUNWAY. EXAM OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM AT ITS FUEL PUMP HOUSING ATTACHMENT POINT HAD RESTRICTED MOVEMENT & WAS IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED. WHEN THE COCKPIT MIXTURE CONTROL WAS IN THE FULL RICH POSITION THE MIXTURE WAS FOUND SET TO APPROX A MID-RANGE POSITION. ANY AFT MOVEMENT OF THE MIXTURE CONTROL FROM ITS FULL RICH POSITION INITIATED AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/16/1988
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1340
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City CORONA
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 91720
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CORONA MUNI
Event Location Nearest Airport ID L66
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 533
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 Day
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) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 35
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
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 2
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1687
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 18 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 855
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37859
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 11:56AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N736HQ
NTSB Number LAX88LA259
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 CESSNA
Aircraft Model R172K
Aircraft Series Identifier R172K
Aircraft Serial Number R1722543
Certified Max Gross Weight 2550
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 Apr 18 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 67
Airframe Hours 3980
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MARK L FAGERLIN
Aircraft Owner Street Address 249 S FRANKLIN ST
Aircraft Owner City BLOOMINGTON
Aircraft Owner State IN
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 47424
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name Z-AIR
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1903 B AVIATION DRIVE
Operator City CORONA
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 91720
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 L66
Departure City CORONA
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1339
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code L22
Destination City YUCCA VALLEY
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 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 25
Runway Length 3200
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --