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LAX86FA127

1986-02-26 · IRVINE, California, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SNA

N58SB has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BAILEY SAM KR1, built 1995), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT HAD EXECUTED THE ILS RWY 19R APPROACH AND THEN REQUESTED A MISSED APPROACH, STATING THAT HE 'HAD A LOCALIZER PROBLEM'. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND THEN WAS TWICE ISSUED A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT. THE PILOT WAS FURTHER ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 3,000 FEET. RADAR AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A PARKING LOT 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS: INDEFINITE CEILING ZERO, SKY OBSCURED, VISIBILITY ONE-HALF MILE IN FOG, WIND ONE EIGHT ZERO DEGREES AT EIGHT KNOTS, ALTIMETER TWO NINE NINE FIVE, TOPS EIGHT HUNDRED FEET. THE RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR) WAS REPORTED AS MORE THAN 6,000 FEET. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_LAX86FA127.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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