# Accident 19970628016139A: Cessna R172K, Moreno Valley, CA, June 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1997, 07:22 local time
- Place: Moreno Valley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9375° N, 117.2306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moreno Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9375&lon=-117.2306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7373K-1999-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360KB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total, 735 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970628016139A

## Narrative

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

FLYING AT FOG LEVEL STRUCK MOUNTIAN. MINIMAL RECENT IFR EXPERIENCE. MEDICATION IN SYSTEM COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

## 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 LAX97FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA225), Jun 28, 1997: Cessna R172K (N7373K), Moreno Valley, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his attempt to climb through a low stratus cloud layer while in mountainous/hilly terrain. The pilot's failure to…

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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