# Accident 20090708013329A: Cessna 182P, Mammoth Lakes, CA, July 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6108° N, 119.0056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6108&lon=-119.0056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7314S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7314S-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,043 total, 125 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA334) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090708013329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 27 AT MAMMOTH YOSEMITE AIRPORT (MMH) REPORTEDLY ENROUTE TO FRESNO YOSEMITE (FAT).  AS IT APPROACHED MAMMOTH PASS, IT WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES TO BE IN A LOW, STEEP LEFT TURN, REVERSING COURSE.  THE AIRACRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL TREE TOPS, DETACHING THE EMPENNAGE, PARTIALLY DETACHING THE WINGS, AND IMPACTING THE GROUND, INVERTED IN A SMALL MEADOW.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 WPR09FA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA334), Jul 8, 2009: Cessna 182P (N7314S), Mammoth Lakes, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision to attempt to fly at a low altitude in a confined area of mountainous terrain in a high density altitude weather condition, and his failure to…

## Other reports on N7314S (1)

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

- [Incident 19780113002889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780113002889I), Jan 13, 1978: Cessna 182 (N7314S), Jacksonville, FL. Pilot landed under instrument conditions without proper rating or bfr.

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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