# Accident 19900319004799A: Cessna 172N, Fullerton, CA, March 19, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1990, 06:48 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8480° N, 117.9993° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8480&lon=-117.9993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2985E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2985E-1992-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,278 total, 400 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900319004799A

## Narrative

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

HIT POWERLINES AND CRASHED INTO PARKING LOT ATTEMPTING NON PRECISION INSTRUMENT APPROACH.

## 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 LAX90FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA123), Mar 19, 1990: Cessna 172N (N2985E), Buena Park, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT NOT MAINTAINING THE PRESCRIBED MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH.

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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