Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A accident near Santa Ana, CA
On December 16, 1993, an Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Santa Ana, CA. 5 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 16, 1993
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Aircraft
- Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.760°N, 117.789°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13867
NTSB summary
History of the Flight On December 15, 1993, at 1733 hours Pacific standard time, an Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A, N309CK, experienced an in-flight loss of control and crashed about 3.5 nautical miles north of John Wayne Airport (SNA), Santa Ana, California. The airplane was on the final approach course for runway 19R. The pilot initially obtained an instrument flight rules (IFR) clearance, but was executing a visual approach at the time of the accident. The flight was an on-demand air taxi passenger operation under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 135 and was completing the final leg of a multileg passenger revenue operation. The airplane, registered to Management Activities, Inc., Long Beach, California, and operated by Martin Aviation, Santa Ana, California, was destroyed by impact and the resulting postimpact fire. Both flight crewmembers and three passengers sustained fatal injuries; there were no ground injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) various air traffic control tower records disclosed the airplane departed Long Beach Airport, Long Beach, California, on December 15, 1993, at 0700 hours to begin the multileg operation. The last flight leg departed Brackett Airport, La Verne, California, at 1713 hours. National Transportation Safety Board investigators reviewed the recorded radio communications between N309CK, Coast terminal radar approach control (TRACON), and the John Wayne Airport air traffic control tower (ATCT). The review revealed that before departing Brackett Airport the flightcrew requested
Probable cause
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SEPARATION BEHIND THE BOEING 757 AND/OR REMAIN ABOVE ITS FLIGHT PATH DURING THE APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH WAKE VORTICES FROM THE 757. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: AN INADEQUACY IN THE ATC PROCEDURE RELATED TO VISUAL APPROACHES AND VFR OPERATIONS BEHIND HEAVIER AIRPLANES, AND THE RESULTANT LACK OF INFORMATION TO THE WE
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
