19830124002209A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Castaic, CA · January 24, 1983

Date
January 24, 1983 · 09:12 local
Place
Castaic, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N25061
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
151 total23 in this make and model17 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.

Aircraft collided with side of mountain after calling burbank tower and reporting he was lost.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN AFTER CALLING BURBANK TOWER AND REPORTING HE WAS LOST.