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Serial #: ? Construction #: 332627 Civil Registration: N139RH |
Model(s): L-39 Albatros Name: None Status: Destroyed Last info: 2003 |
Redstar Air Shows Inc, Discovery Bay, CA, 2000.
- Registered as N139RH.
- Destroyed in fatal accident, Tracey, CA, May 30, 2003.
NTSB Identification: LAX03LA173
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, May 30, 2003 in Tracy, CA
Aircraft: Aero Vodochody L-39, registration: N139RH
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On May 30, 2003, at 1914 Pacific daylight time, an Aero Vodochody L-39, N139RH, collided with terrain while performing team aerobatic maneuvers in the vicinity of Tracy, California. The airplane was operated by Redstar Air Shows, Inc., under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight plan had not been filed. The flight originated at Byron, California, about 1655.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector from the Oakland, California, Flight Standards District Office responded to the accident site. A flight of three Aero Vodochody L-39's were practicing low level team aerobatics in a designated aerobatic box area in the vicinity of Tracy. Witnesses told the FAA inspector present at the accident site that the airplane had completed a series of aileron rolls at an altitude of approximately 1,300 to 1,700 feet above ground level. The airplane appeared to level off, then start to descend and "wander" to the left, eventually impacting the ground at approximately a 60-degree nose down angle.
Source(s):
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
Photo Source(s):
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