# Accident 19910605020139A: Cessna 172, El Cajon, CA, June 5, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1991, 22:37 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9004° N, 116.8891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9004&lon=-116.8891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5814A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5814A-1991-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 274 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91FA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910605020139A

## Narrative

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

MANEUVERING TO GET BELOW CLOUDS STRUCK MOUNTAINSIDE. WAS ADVISED ALTITUDE NOT SAFE. VFR PILOT ON TOP,NO WX BRIEF.

## 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 LAX91FA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA247), Jun 6, 1991: Cessna C-172 (N5814A), Lakeside, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO REQUEST RADAR ASSISTANCE TO AVOID LOW CEILINGS IN HIGH TERRAIN AND THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE VISUAL OUTLOOK WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH HIGH…

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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