19881019046589A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Union City, CA · October 19, 1988

Date
October 19, 1988 · 06:14 local
Place
Union City, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N52222
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89FA018
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
155 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost control and crashed after entering an area of dense fog at low altitude during darkness.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED AFTER ENTERING AN AREA OF DENSE FOG AT LOW ALTITUDE DURING DARKNESS.

NTSB investigation

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