19820509015439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Elportal, CA · May 9, 1982

Date
May 9, 1982 · 14:00 local
Place
Elportal, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2996E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FA171
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Impacted trees and mountainside in near level flight. Mountain tops occasionally obscured in area.

As the FAA filed it

IMPACTED TREES AND MOUNTAINSIDE IN NEAR LEVEL FLIGHT. MOUNTAIN TOPS OCCASIONALLY OBSCURED IN AREA.

NTSB investigation

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