# Accident 20100118026169A: Cessna 172M, Palm Springs, CA, January 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2010, 16:22 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9542° N, 116.1925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9542&lon=-116.1925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13073, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13073-2010-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100118026169A

## Narrative

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

N13073, CESSNA C172, AT 6000 FEET, CONTACTED SCT FOR FLIGHT FOLLOWING 9.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALM SPRINGS AT 180822PST. A BEACON CODE WAS ISSUED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BUT THERE WAS NO RADAR IDENTIFICATION OR FURTHER RADIO CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT.  2 OCCUPANTS, STUDENT AND CFI, BOTH SERIOUS.  WRECKAGE LOCATED ON 1/19 IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK (22 ENE PSP). AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR10LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA115), Jan 18, 2010: Cessna 172M (N13073), Joshua Tree, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's decision to continue visual flight into deteriorating weather, which resulted in his inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent…

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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