# Accident 19910905037959A: Cessna 172N, Oceana, CA, September 5, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1991, 22:49 local time
- Place: Oceana, CA
- Airport: Oceana County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1602° N, 120.4293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1602&lon=-120.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739YG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739YG-1992-01-24) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910905037959A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED MANEUVERING IN IMC WEAR AIRPORT. WAS ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED. AIRMETS IN EFECT.

## 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 LAX91LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA383), Sep 5, 1991: Cessna 172 (N739YG), Arroyo Grande, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER ALTITUDE, AND CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.