Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Brackett Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Brea, California 92621
Tuesady, August 2, 1988 16:38 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PLT DEPT BRACKETT AIRPORT (POC) AS PART OF A PLANNED FORMATION FLT WITH A PIPER PA-28-200, N4372D, TO CORONA ARPT, CORONA, CA. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE PLT OF N4372D POINTED OUT A MOVIE SET BENEATH THE FLT TO N79Y. THE PLT OF N79Y, THE ACC ACFT, RADIOED N4372D THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SET. N79Y IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED A DESCENDING LEFT TURN TO THE NORTH TOWARDS THE SITE. THE PLT OF N4372D REPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED IN A NORTHERLY HDG WHEN HE OBSVD A PUFF OF SMOKE OR FUEL FROM N79Y'S RIGHT WING. N79Y PITCHED UPWARD AND BEGAN A RIGHT ROLL AND THEN PITCHED DOWNWARD AND CRASHED. THE INVESTIGATION DSCLSD THAT N79Y'S PROPELLER AND RT WING FWD OF THE FUEL TANK STRUCK A 110 FT HIGH NONCONDUCTIVE STATIC TRNSMSN WIRE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/2/1988 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1638 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | BREA |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92621 |
| Event Date Year | 1988 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BRACKETT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | POC |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 6 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 165 |
| Airport Elevation | 1011 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| 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) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Variable |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Light and Variable |
| 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 | 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 | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 891 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 36890 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:03PM |
| 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 | N79Y |
| NTSB Number | LAX88FA278 |
| 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 | In-flight |
| Aircraft Explosion | Ground |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | T-210 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | T-210 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 210-63052 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3800 |
| 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 | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | R. D. BLINDELL/W. K. DARRIN |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1100 S. NOGALES |
| Aircraft Owner City | ROWLAND HEIGHTS |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 91747 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CENTURY AIR |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 7552 HAYVENHURST |
| Operator City | VAN NUYS |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| 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 | POC |
| Departure City | POMONA |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1630 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | L66 |
| Destination City | CORONA |
| 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 | 26L |
| Runway Length | 4839 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |