Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara

On April 12, 1987 at 02:03 PM, Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara experienced a crash involving Grumman G-44 Widgeon, operated by John A. Schwamm, with the event recorded near Ventura California.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a local pleasure flight, the pilot had reduced power and descended to a lower altitude to take pictures of a sailboat race. At approximately 200 feet the pilot made a descending right turn, then leveled off. The aircraft stalled and the pilot lowered the nose and abruptly added power. The engines did not respond in time to regain altitude and airspeed. The aircraft then impacted the water left wing first. On impact a fire started. The aircraft eventually sank and was not recovered. All three occupants were rescued, two of them were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N32BB, MSN 1475, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.2794°, -119.1764°.