NTSB Identification: WPR10LA063
14 CFR Part 91: General
Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, November 21, 2009 in Watsonville,
CA
Aircraft: BUDD JOHN B Lancair Legacy, registration: N7JX
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 November 21, 2009, about 1330 Pacific standard
time, an experimental Budd Lancair Legacy, N7JX, crashed in an apple orchard 1
mile east of Watsonville Municipal Airport, California, after the pilot radioed
a mayday call reporting a loss of engine power. The pilot operated the airplane
under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The
commercial pilot was killed and the airplane was destroyed. Visual
meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been
filed.
Northern California TRACON reported that at 1316, the pilot
radioed a mayday call on 121.5 MHz stating that he was at 5,500 feet, had an
engine fire, and had visual contact of the Watsonville Airport. No other
communications were reported. The aircraft wreckage was located soon afterwords,
1 mile east of the Watsonville Airport in an apple orchard.
The engine
has been recovered for examination.
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