NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX86FA248
Registry · N4457W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CAMERON BALLOONS US V-77
Year of manufacture
2000
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000222
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A56092
Registrant of record
THERIOT TYLER S
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
APPROACHING THE DESTINATION ARPT THE PLT INFORMED ATC THAT HE DID NOT FEEL WELL AND DESIRED TO LAND 'AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.' THE PLT WAS CLEARED TO LAND. WHILE ON A RIGHT BASE LEG THE ACFT PITCHED 45 DEGREES NOSE DOWN, AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AND A RESIDENCE 1600 FT FROM THE RWY. ONE PERSON INSIDE THE RESIDENCE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PATHOLOGICAL EXAM REVEALED THE PLT HAD AN ADVANCED STAGE OF GENERALIZED ATHEROSCLEROSIS. SOME CORONARY ARTERIES WERE 95 PERCENT OCCLUDED. THE PLT REPORTED HAVING 6,200 HRS OF FLT TIME ON A 1981 MEDICAL CERTIFICATE APPLICATION AND REPORTED 2,500 HRS ON A 1983 APPLICATION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1986_LAX86FA248.txt.
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