19791013041599A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Ojai, CA · October 13, 1979

Date
October 13, 1979 · 19:00 local
Place
Ojai, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N49216
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA007
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
59 total59 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into mountain-side in level flight. Clouds in area, near dusk. No record of weather check.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO MOUNTAIN-SIDE IN LEVEL FLIGHT. CLOUDS IN AREA, NEAR DUSK. NO RECORD OF WEATHER CHECK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.