ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36807
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Date: | Saturday 11 October 1997 |
Time: | 08:14 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | Plus One Flyers, Inc. |
Registration: | N67293 |
MSN: | 15281729 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5197 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Julian, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | San Diego, CA (KSEE) |
Destination airport: | Las Vegas, NV (L15) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The noninstrument rated pilot departed on a cross-country flight to Nevada following his receipt of a weather briefing that indicated multiple layers of clouds, and moderate to severe turbulence along the route in an unstable air mass. While climbing en route the pilot requested and received radar flight following service. About 15 minutes after takeoff, the pilot informed the radar controller that he was making a 180-degree turn. Radar data indicates that seconds following the pilot's transmission, the airplane commenced a rapid descent. During the final 60 seconds of recorded flight, the airplane descended from 7,200 to 4,500 feet. The airplane impacted a 3,400-foot msl hillside. Wreckage was found scattered over a 150-foot-long path, about 0.11 mile from its last radar position. Airborne and ground-based witnesses near the area reported the presence of an overcast sky condition with cloud bases near ground level and tops over 13,000 feet. The precipitation intensity varied between sprinkles to heavy rain showers.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning which resulted in VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and the loss of aircraft control. Contributing was the pilot's overconfidence in his ability, clouds, and rain.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX98FA006 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX98FA006
Location
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] |
08-Apr-2024 12:21 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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