# Accident 19891024043719A: Cessna STC177, Southlake Tahoe, CA, October 24, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1989, 13:00 local time
- Place: Southlake Tahoe, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30228, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30228-1990-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC177
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 50 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891024043719A

## Narrative

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

VNR WAS ADVISED. DEPARTED. LOST CONTROL IN AREA CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINS.

## 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 LAX90FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA016), Oct 24, 1989: Cessna 177 (N30228), So Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT AFTER ENCOUNTERING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

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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