# Accident 19880629024149A: Cessna 172P, Descanso, CA, June 29, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1988, 19:42 local time
- Place: Descanso, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8696° N, 116.6279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Descanso, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8696&lon=-116.6279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51234, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51234-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 28 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880629024149A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED FLYING LOW AND BUZZING AREA PRIOR TO COLLIDING WITH POWERLINES OVER A FREEWAY. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX88FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA240), Jun 30, 1988: Cessna 172P (N51234), Descanso, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT'S POOR JUDGMENT AND INTENTIONAL DECISION TO LOW FLY THE AIRCRAFT BELOW THE MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE.

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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