Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Whiteman Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Pacoima, California 91331
Saturday, August 25, 2012 12:00 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 25, 2012, about 1200 Pacific daylight time (PDT), an Aeronca 11AC, N9409E, crashed into a parking lot following a loss of engine power near Whiteman Airport (WHP), Pacoima, California. The owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The private pilot and the certified flight instructor (CFI), sustained serious; the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The local personal flight departed WHP about 1130. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The airplane pilot had been cleared to land at WHP using runway 12. The airport tower controllers did not receive any distress communication from the airplane pilot.
The accident site was located about 1,000 feet northwest of the approach end of runway 12 in a parking lot, on the west side of San Fernando Road in the city of Pacoima.
Witnesses reported seeing the airplane approaching and noticed the propeller was not rotating and did not hear any engine noise. The airplane hit a fence with the right wing and spun around to the right, and the nose of the airplane hit a block wall and came to rest on top of the wall.
First responders and recovery personnel found limited amounts of fuel on the ground and in the airplane fuel tank.
The airplane was recovered and secured for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/25/2012 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1200 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Pacoima |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 91331 |
| Event Date Year | 2012 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 351553N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1182516W |
| Event Location Airport | Whiteman Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | WHP |
| 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 | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 1003 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1047 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KWHP |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1003 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 5 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 15 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 110 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.93 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KWHP 251747Z 11004KT 5SM HZ SKC 22/15 A2993 |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA WP Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 6 2012 1:43PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9409E |
| NTSB Number | WPR12LA367 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | AERONCA |
| Aircraft Model | 11AC |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 11AC-1046 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1250 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 5 2012 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 1998 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WASSERMAN ARTHUR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | VAN NUYS |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 91406-1221 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | WASSERMAN ARTHUR |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | VAN NUYS |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 91406-1221 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | WHP |
| Departure City | Pacoima |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1130 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | WHP |
| Destination City | Pacoima |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 6 2012 1:18PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |