# Accident 19900604018489A: Cessna 172RG, Onego, WV, June 4, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1990, 13:05 local time
- Place: Onego, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8479° N, 79.4220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Onego, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8479&lon=-79.4220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5117U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5117U-1990-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO90FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900604018489A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO UPSLOPE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. CONTINUED FLIGHT IN MOUNTAIN AREA VFR IN IMC.

## 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 BFO90FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA054), Jun 4, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N5117U), Onego, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE (ALTITUDE) FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE TERRAIN AND ADVERSE WEATHER 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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