Appleby NIEUPORT 28 accident near Paso Robles, CA
On April 23, 2017, an Appleby NIEUPORT 28 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Paso Robles, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 23, 2017
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Aircraft
- Appleby NIEUPORT 28 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.669°N, 120.549°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170423X05422
Official records · WPR17FA089
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 23, 2017, about 0912 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Nieuport 28 biplane, N6190, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain about 4 miles east of Paso Robles Municipal Airport (PRB), Paso Robles, California. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to C C Air Corporation and was being operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The local personal flight departed from Bonel Airport (95CA), Whitney Garden, California, about 0907. A witness located about 1 mile south of 95CA, heard the airplane take off, observed the airplane turn left to the cross-wind leg of the traffic pattern, and then observed it turn left again to the downwind leg of the traffic pattern. Another witness located about 1/2 mile west of the accident site, reported observing the airplane in a steep nose-down attitude just before it impacted the ground. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot, age 54, held an airline transport pilot certificate with ratings for airplane multi-engine land and single-engine land, airplane single-engine sea, and glider. He also held a flight instructor certificate with airplane single-engine, multi-engine, and instrument ratings. The pilot's most recent third-class Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airman medical certificate was issued on May 20, 2014, with the limitation to have available glasses for near vision. The pilot reported on the application for that
Probable cause
The failure of unknown personnel to properly safety an elevator control cable turnbuckle, which disconnected in flight resulting in loss of pitch control. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate design of the experimental airplane, which did not provide a mechanism for accessing the entire flight control system during routine inspections.
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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.
