ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38830
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Date: | Sunday 26 January 1986 |
Time: | 09:30 |
Type: | Cessna 172A |
Owner/operator: | Lindsay Strathmore Flyers |
Registration: | N7672T |
MSN: | 47282 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4451 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Strathmore, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Las Vegas, NV (VGT) |
Destination airport: | Strathmore, CA (1Q1) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:UPON RETURNING TO HIS HOME AIRPORT, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE RUNWAY DUE TO HEAVY FOG COVERING THE AREA. HE ENTERED A RIGHT DESCENDING TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO DESCEND UNDER THE FOG. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH ORANGE TREES APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM THE AIRPORT. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20010110X00193 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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