Chester Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Chester, California 95971
Thursday, August 14, 1986 16:30 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AFTER SERVICING THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL TANKS TO THEIR 80 GALLON CAPACITY THE PILOT, HIS INSTRUCTOR PILOT, AND THEIR PASSENGER BACK TAXIED APPROXIMATELY 1,300 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY AND STARTED THEIR TAKEOFF. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB AFTER ROTATION THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTED A FENCE, AND NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/14/1986
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1630
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City CHESTER
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 95971
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CHESTER
Event Location Nearest Airport ID O05
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 4528
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 1538 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 63
Weather Observation Facility ID SVE
Elevation of weather observation facility 4152
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 32
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 5000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 34
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 50
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 11
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 6400
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 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2345
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 14 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1832
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32998
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 4:49PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N7373H
NTSB Number LAX86LA321
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 A185F
Aircraft Series Identifier A185F
Aircraft Serial Number 18503379
Certified Max Gross Weight 3350
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 Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 31 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 179
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name LONE PINE LOGGING CO
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 718
Aircraft Owner City LEVENWORTH
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98825
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
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 005
Departure City CHESTER
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1630
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code EAT
Destination City WENATCHEE
Destination State WA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 33
Runway Length 5380
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --