Accident · 1997-03-19

NTSB case LAX97LA127 · Passadori Norman BREEZY · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1997-03-19
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Passadori Norman BREEZY (N16KB)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The pilot's delayed decision to reverse course while climbing into rising terrain, and his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin which resulted in a stall/mush into trees and terrain.

Source: NTSB case LAX97LA127

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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