19871018060069A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150L · Carpenteria, CA · October 18, 1987

Date
October 18, 1987 · 20:00 local
Place
Carpenteria, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N11176
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA018
Reported as
Cessna 150L
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
154 total147 in this make and model47 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.

Encountered fog near destination became disoriented and collided with a fog shrouded ridge.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED FOG NEAR DESTINATION BECAME DISORIENTED AND COLLIDED WITH A FOG SHROUDED RIDGE.

NTSB investigation

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