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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172D · Fortuna, CA · August 30, 1987

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Date: August 30, 1987 · 21:30 local
Place: Fortuna, CA
Airport: Rohnerville
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2504Y
Reported as: Cessna 172D
Reported engine: Continental O300A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total350 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

N2504YRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Cessna 172DS/N 17249804 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172D Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Elected to land when weather deteriorated. Was blinded by landing and rotating beacon lights off fog. Landed short.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTED TO LAND WHEN WEATHER DETERIORATED. WAS BLINDED BY LANDING AND ROTATING BEACON LIGHTS OFF FOG. LANDED SHORT.