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LAX87LA209

1987-05-18 · APPLE VALLEY, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport APV

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENTERED AN INADVERTENT SPIN DURING THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT FOLLOWING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF POWER AFTER CLIMBING TO 500 FEET. ANOTHER PILOT ON THE AIRPORT OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A VERY HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK WITH THE ENGINE OPERATING AT FULL POWER WHEN IT NOSED OVER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND FROM A HEIGHT OF 50 TO 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_LAX87LA209.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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