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Summarized from the CGC Communicator (e-mail engineering newsletter):
When the airplane was about 3 miles north of the Fullerton Airport, it was cleared to land there. The pilot in question had 188 hours of total flight experience according to his flight logbook, with 103 hours accrued in rotorcraft, and 85 hours accrued in fixed wing airplanes. The pilot accumulated a total of 4 hours in a Cessna 182, completed in the accident airplane.
A toxicological testing of specimens of the pilot was negative for volatiles and tested drugs.
The Fullerton airport manager reported that he had spoken to the KFI engineer in January 2002, who had opted not to install tower strobe lights regardless of a suggestion made in the months prior.
An e-mail survey of people who have had experience within the Fullerton airspace and specifically with the KFI transmission tower asked if "prior to the recent accident, did they think that the KFI tower was a safety hazard to aircraft operations at Fullerton Airport?" In the 122 responses, 88 pilots answered "yes," 29 answered "no".
The NTSB report is posted at the URL below. Click on "Full narrative available" for the entire document:
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20041227X02035&key=1>http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20041227X02035&key=1</a><P ID="signature">______________
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When the airplane was about 3 miles north of the Fullerton Airport, it was cleared to land there. The pilot in question had 188 hours of total flight experience according to his flight logbook, with 103 hours accrued in rotorcraft, and 85 hours accrued in fixed wing airplanes. The pilot accumulated a total of 4 hours in a Cessna 182, completed in the accident airplane.
A toxicological testing of specimens of the pilot was negative for volatiles and tested drugs.
The Fullerton airport manager reported that he had spoken to the KFI engineer in January 2002, who had opted not to install tower strobe lights regardless of a suggestion made in the months prior.
An e-mail survey of people who have had experience within the Fullerton airspace and specifically with the KFI transmission tower asked if "prior to the recent accident, did they think that the KFI tower was a safety hazard to aircraft operations at Fullerton Airport?" In the 122 responses, 88 pilots answered "yes," 29 answered "no".
The NTSB report is posted at the URL below. Click on "Full narrative available" for the entire document:
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20041227X02035&key=1>http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20041227X02035&key=1</a><P ID="signature">______________
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