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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172E · Santa Paula, CA · April 8, 1990

Date
April 8, 1990 · 13:15 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Airport
Santa Paula Airport
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3915S
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
91 total91 in this make and model

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.

VFR pilot lost control in IMC in mountainous area. Denied medical due bypass sugery. Obtained another fraudulenty.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL IN IMC IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA. DENIED MEDICAL DUE BYPASS SUGERY.OBTAINED ANOTHER FRAUDULENTY.