Johnson LANCAIR 360 accident near Placerville, CA
On August 17, 2001, a Johnson LANCAIR 360 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Placerville, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 17, 2001
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Aircraft
- Johnson LANCAIR 360 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.729°N, 120.801°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010821X01740
Official records · LAX01LA281
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On August 17, 2001, at 1140 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Johnson Lancair 360, N417DJ, impacted terrain in the front yard of a residence in Placerville, California. The airline transport certificated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured, and the amateur-built aircraft was destroyed. The personal flight was operated by the owner/pilot under 14 CFR Part 91, and departed from Sacramento International Airport about 1125. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. According to a deputy from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, the accident site was about 1,500 feet from the pilot's residence. The pilot had flown to Sacramento to pickup his daughter, who arrived from Alaska, and who was the passenger aboard in the accident. He was believed to have been flying over his home to alert his wife prior to landing at the nearby Placerville airport. A neighbor of the pilot, in whose front yard the airplane crashed, reported that he and his wife were inside their home at the time of the accident. The neighbor has hearing limitations, but reported that his wife told him there was a brief whining sound before the crash. When he opened the front door, which faces north, the wreckage was in his front yard within a few feet of the house. He said there are trees surrounding the location and the fact that the plane didn't hit any of them told him it had to have come nearly straight down and narrowly missed his house. The wreckage was scattered in a fan-shaped pattern over about 200 feet to the northwest. According to the aircraft recovery comp
Probable cause
In-flight loss of control for undetermined reasons.
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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.
