Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Mount Baldy, California 91759
Sunday, October 11, 1987 16:50 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
BFR TKOF, THE PLT FILED A VFR FLT PLAN & RCVD A WX BRIEFING WHICH INCLUDED AN AIRMET. THE AIRMET CONTAINED PRECAUTIONARYINFO ABT INSTRUMENT CONDS (IMC), ICING & MTN OBSCURATION IN CALIF. WHEN THE PLT OPENED HIS FLT PLAN WITH THE FSS, HE WASAGAIN BRIEFED ON THE AIRMET. DRG FLT, THE ACFT IMPACTED STEEP/RISING TRRN ON THE NE SLOPE OF MT HARDWOOD AT AN ELEV OF APRX 8750'. THE PLT HAD PLANNED FOR FLT ALONG PUBLISHED AIRWAYS & FILED TO CRUISE AT 8500' MSL. FOR FLT IN THE VCNTY OF THE ACDNT, HE HAD FILED TO FOLL0W V-394 FM DAGGET TO APLES INTXN (HDG 214 DEG), THEN TO TURN & F0LLOW V-442 TO PARADISE (HDG 192 DEG). HOWEVER, AFTER REACHING APLES INTXN, THE ACFT DID NOT CHANGE COURSE, BUT CONTD IN THE SAME DRCTN (AS IF CONTG ON V-394). ABT 21 MI BYD APLES INTXN, IT CRASHED. FOR INSTRUMENT FLT NR THE CRASH SITE, THE MIN EN ROUTE ALT ON V-394 WAS 11,500'. THE PLT HAD RECENTLY TAKEN FLT TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR AN INSTRUMENT RATING. THE ELT HAD ACTIVATED, BUT AERIAL SEARCH & RESCUE OPNS WERE NOT PSBL ON THE DAY OF THE ACDNT DUE TO IMC WX IN THE MTNS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/11/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1650 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | MOUNT BALDY |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 91759 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| 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 | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1645 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | VCV |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 2875 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 30 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 180 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2633 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 12 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1600 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 38249 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 2:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N47529 |
| NTSB Number | LAX88FA014 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-181 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-181 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 287890087 |
| 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 | Jul 22 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 92 |
| Airframe Hours | 2305 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Yes |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SCHRIEBER, CHARLES H JR. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 21722 TALISMAN STREET |
| Aircraft Owner City | TORRANCE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 90503 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CAL STATE FLYING CLUB |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 3409 LAKEWOOD BLVD |
| Operator City | LONG BEACH |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 90808 |
| 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 | LAS |
| Departure City | LAS VEGAS |
| Departure State | NV |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1530 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | LBG |
| Destination City | LONG BEACH |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| 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 | -- |