# Accident 19870830055289A: Cessna 172D, Fortuna, CA, August 30, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1987, 21:30 local time
- Place: Fortuna, CA
- Airport: Rohnerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5539° N, 124.1327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROHNERVILLE (FOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5539&lon=-124.1327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2504Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2504Y-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 350 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870830055289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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