Piper PA28 accident near Oceanside, CA
On January 29, 2019, a Piper PA28 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Oceanside, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 29, 2019
- Place
- Oceanside, CA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.211°N, 117.369°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190129X20312
Official records · WPR19FA075
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 28, 2019, about 2100 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28-151 airplane, N37RV, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Oceanside, California. The pilot was seriously injured, and the passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the flight was departing Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield (OKB), Oceanside, California, and was destined for Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), Hawthorne, California. The pilot did not recall any part of the flight, who was at the flight controls, or the accident. He stated that the co-owner of the airplane, who was at OKB when the flight departed, later told him that the visibility was good at the time of departure and that he saw the pilot enter the airplane first, which would have placed him in the left seat. Two witnesses who arrived at OKB about 1940 said they noted condensation on their airplane during a preflight inspection and fog coming in from the west. One witness stated that the weather forecast they had previously checked indicated “generally decent visibility” and ceilings of about 3,000 to 4,000 ft; however, they rechecked the weather, and the automated surface observing system at 1947 reported 1 3/4 statute mile (sm) visibility with ceilings of a few thousand feet. They watched another airplane depart to the west and, about 1/2 mile from OKB, become submerged in fog, which one witness estimated to be about 400-500 ft above ground level (agl). They decided not to
Probable cause
The pilot’s improper decision to depart on the night visual flight rules flight into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in an in-flight encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and collision with rising terrain.
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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.
