20021108031579A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150 · Anaheim, CA · November 8, 2002

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Date: November 8, 2002 · 04:39 local
Place: Anaheim, CA
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2636T
Reported as: Cessna 150
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot departed temecula (KF70) with a destination of fullerton (kful). Flying through santa ana canyon in inclement weather, rain with ceiling obscured, continued flight VFR into IFR conditions, flew into marked power lines strung approximately 150 feet over the roadway, lost control and crashed vertically into a ravine alongside the roadway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED TEMECULA (KF70) WITH A DESTINATION OF FULLERTON (KFUL). FLYING THROUGH SANTA ANA CANYON IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, RAIN WITH CEILING OBSCURED, CONTINUED FLIGHT VFR INTO IFR CONDITIONS, FLEW INTO MARKED POWER LINES STRUNG APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET OVER THE ROADWAY, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED VERTICALLY INTO A RAVINE ALONGSIDE THE ROADWAY.