19841227070539A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Upland, CA · December 27, 1984

Date
December 27, 1984 · 19:15 local
Place
Upland, CA
Airport
Cable
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N735MJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85FA088
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,037 total612 in this make and model9 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.

Descended into dark area colliding with bushes on level terrain. Pilot not night or IFR current.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED INTO DARK AREA COLLIDING WITH BUSHES ON LEVEL TERRAIN. PILOT NOT NIGHT OR IFR CURRENT.

NTSB investigation

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