# Accident 20041031028419A: Cessna 182Q, Lebec, CA, October 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lebec, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8358° N, 118.7683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8358&lon=-118.7683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95902, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95902-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041031028419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND PASSENGERS DEPARTED VFR FROM WM. J. FOX AIRFIELD (WJF) WITH THE PLANNED DESTINATION OF HARRIS RANCH (3O8) WHICH WAS ALSO REPORTING VMC. MOUNTAINS ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT WERE HOWEVER AT LEAST PARTIALLY OBSCURED IN STRATUS CLOUDS. AFTER MANEUVERING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES IN THE GENERAL VICINITY, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE AND THEN A STEEP HILLSIDE WITH THE ENGINE PRODUCING POWER. NO WEATHER BRIEFING HAD BEEN REQUESTED NOR HAD A FLIGHT PLAN BEEN FILED WITH RIVERSIDE AFSS.

## 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 LAX05FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA023), Oct 31, 2004: Cessna 182Q (N95902), Lebec, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were mountainous terrain, low ceilings, and…

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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