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Corporate Owned: 143,699
Perris Valley Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Perris, California 92570
Sunday, December 21, 2014 10:30 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On December 21, 2014, about 1030 Pacific standard time, an experimental light sport Farthing James W II (Spectrum Aircraft), Beaver RX-550, N105JF, collided with the ground in a plowed field near Perris Valley Airport, Perris, California. The airplane was registered to, and operated by, the pilot/builder under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The private pilot sustained serious injuries and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing during the accident sequence. The local personal flight departed Perris at 1028. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The airplane departed Perris Valley Airport to the south from the ultralight airstrip located adjacent to the approach end of the airport's main runway (33). A witness, who was positioned at the hangars parallel to the airstrip, watched as the airplane climbed to about 100 feet above ground level (agl) and began a right crosswind turn. He stated that once the turn was completed the engine started to "surge", and then lost all power. The airplane began to descend, and about 15 feet agl the right wing dipped, and struck the ground. The airplane then cartwheeled, coming to rest upright on its landing gear.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/21/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1030 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | Perris |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92570 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 334525N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1171318W |
| Event Location Airport | PERRIS VALLEY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | L65 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 196 |
| Airport Elevation | 1413 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1858 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 351 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KRIV |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1535 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 9 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 20000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 13 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 100 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 2 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.14 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KRIV 211858Z AUTO 10002KT 10SM FEW200 13/11 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA LAX ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 29 2014 2:27PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N105JF |
| NTSB Number | WPR15LA067 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | FARTHING JAMES W II |
| Aircraft Model | BEAVER |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | RX-550 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 105 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FARTHING JAMES W II |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | OCEANSIDE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 920562919 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | FARTHING JAMES W II |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | OCEANSIDE |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 920562919 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | L65 |
| Departure City | Perris Valley |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | L65 |
| Destination City | Perris Valley |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 23 2014 7:46PM |
| User who most recently changed record | sime1 |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 18 |
| Runway Length | 1000 |
| Runway Width | 30 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |