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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Santa Paula, CA · August 15, 1985

Date
August 15, 1985 · 12:45 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N79504
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA349
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
667 total54 in this make and model3 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.

Flew into a narrow box canyon. Impacted ground nose down. Probable stall. Pilot has no memory of entering canyon.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO A NARROW BOX CANYON. IMPACTED GROUND NOSE DOWN. PROBABLE STALL. PILOT HAS NO MEMORY OF ENTERING CANYON.

NTSB investigation

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