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LAX85LA333

1985-07-30 · SONOMA, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 0Q9

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE STUDENT PLT PRACTICED A FULL STOP LDG FOLLOWED BY A TAKE OFF. ON INITIAL CLIMB ALL ENG POWER WAS SUDDENLY LOST. WHEN THE CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS & MANEUVERED THE ACFT FOR AN EMERGENCY LDG, THE ENG MOMENTARILY COUGHED & SPUTTERED. WHILE LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & A POST CRASH FIRE ERUPTED WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED THE ACFT. THE CFI WAS REPORTED TO HAVE STATED TO RESCUE PERSONNEL, 'GUESS I RAN OUT OF GAS.' Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_LAX85LA333.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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