# Accident 19910803031399A: Cessna 172H, Lake Elsimore, CA, August 3, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1991, 17:45 local time
- Place: Lake Elsimore, CA
- Airport: Skylark Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2457L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2457L-2020-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 243 total, 201 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA345) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910803031399A

## Narrative

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

OPERATING AT LOW ALTITUDE OVER COLORADO RIVER. STRUCK POWER CABLE. IMPACT SEVERED NOSE AND MAIN GEAR.

## 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 LAX91LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA345), Aug 4, 1991: Cessna 172N (N2457L), Lake Elsinore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT FOR UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING AND POOR VISUAL LOOKOUT.

## Other reports on N2457L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880713049329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880713049329I), Jul 13, 1988: Cessna 172H (N2457L), Oxnard, CA, Minor damage. Windshield failed in flight due to a bird strike. Returned and landed safely.

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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