# Accident 20150508011639A: Cessna 172S, Palo Alto, CA, May 8, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2015, 14:08 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0896° N, 122.2392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0896&lon=-122.2392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191TG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N191TG-2017-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150508011639A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 0115 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172S, N191TG, WAS PICKED UP ON RADAR AFTER DEPARTING PALO ALTO AIRPORT (KPAO).   THE AIRCRAFT HEADED WEST OVER HALF MOON BAY AREA AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT HEADED SOUTH TOWARDS DAVENPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 0140 HOURS PDT, THE AIRCRAFT MADE SEVERAL ELONGATED HOLDING PATTERN TURNS AND THEN TURNED SOUTHWEST TO A HEADING OF 220 DEGREES AND DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR ABOUT 0243 HOURS PDT, 70 MILES OUT OVER THE OCEAN.

## 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 WPR15FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FAMS1), May 8, 2015: Cessna 172S (N191TG), Davenport, CA, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined because the airplane was not located.

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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