19970406005209A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · South Lake Taho, CA · April 6, 1997

Date
April 6, 1997 · 15:28 local
Place
South Lake Taho, CA
Airport
Lake Tahoe
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N64845
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX97FA148
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
64 total43 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

Departed left turn into rising terrain. Struck trees at 7840 alitude. No dual or high altitude procedures given.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED LEFT TURN INTO RISING TERRAIN. STRUCK TREES AT 7840 ALITUDE. NO DUAL OR HIGH ALTITUDE PROCEDURES GIVEN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N64845 · 2

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