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LAX87LA231

1987-06-07 · MARICOPA, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N115C has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR22, built 2005), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, HE NOTICED SOME TURBULENCE. ON SHORT FINAL THE PLT STATED THAT A SEVERE WIND SHEAR DROPPED THE ACFT INTO A RAVINE. THE PLT ADDED FULL PWR, HOWEVER, THE ACFT DID NOT GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CLEAR AN EMBANKMENT. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THIS EMBANKMENT NEAR THE APPROACH END OF THE RWY SHEARING OFF THE LANDING GEAR AND THE ACFT SLID DOWN THE RWY ON ITS UNDERSIDE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_LAX87LA231.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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