# Accident 20160621014679A: Cessna 152, Clearlake Oaks, CA, June 21, 2016 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 21, 2016, 21:30 local time - Place: Clearlake Oaks, CA - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141) - Location: 39.0253° N, 122.6622° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0253&lon=-122.6622&mi=10 - Aircraft: N67889, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67889-2019-03-04) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 114 total, 114 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA330) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160621014679A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PRIVATE PILOT SUBMITTED A FLIGHT FLIGHT PLAN FOR KRHV-KCPU-KMAE-KRHV. THE FLIGHTPLAN NAVLOG CALCULATIONS AND THE PILOT ACTION WERE REVIEWED AND DISPATCHED BY A COMPANY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO GO TO KTVL. THE PILOT DID NOT MENTION KTVL OR HIS DESIRE TO FLY THERE. THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF THE COMPANIES POLICY REQUIRING A HIGH ALTITUDE CHECK OUT AND SIGN OFF FOR AIRPORTS WITH AN ELEVATION OF 2300'+ MSL, NO C-152 FLIGHTS TO KTVL AND ALL NICE AIR STUDENTS XLC FLIGHTS MUST BE DISPATCHED. USING SKYVECTOR HE CREATED FLIGHT PLAN CALCULATIONS FOR KRHV KTVL KMEV KCXP KRHV. NO COPY OF THE FLIGHTPLAN NAVLOG CALCULATIONS HAS BEEN FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED WITH 12.5 GALLON 14:40 PDT 21 JUNE 2016 BRINGING THE FUEL ON BOARD TO A TOTAL OF 26 GAL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KRHV ARRIVED KTVL 18:20 PDT 21 JUNE 2016 DEPARTED 18:40 PDT THAN TO KMEV 19:00 PDT 21 JUNE 2016 AND KCXP 19:20 PDT 21 JUNE 2016. AFTER DEPARTING KCXP THE PILOT DECIDED TO REFUEL AT KCPU. 30 TO 40 MINUTES LATER WITH 4.3 HOURS SHOWING ON THE HOBBS METER THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS LOST. OVER DARK MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN HE SPOTTED A LAKE HE ASSUMED TO BE SAN LUIS RESERVOIR. HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACTED NORCAL APPROACH ON 120.95 & 124.525 AS WELL AS TUNING IN SNS PXN VOR WITH NO SUCCESS. THE LAKE HE SAW WAS CLEAR LAKE, IT IS LOCATED 210 MILES PLUS NW OF SAN LUIS RESERVOIR THE PILOT MADE AN EMERENGCY CALL ON 121.5 THE CALL WAS PASSED ON TO OAKLAND CENTER. AT 4.6 HOURS ON THE HOBBS METER AND BETWEEN 3500' TO 4000' MSL THE ENGINE STOP RUNNING. OVER DARK MOUNTAINOUS TERRIAN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN A BEST GLIDE OF 60 KTS BUT THE AIRSPEED DECREASED TO 40 TO 45 KTS. THE PILOT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT A WINERY LOCATED ON THE EAST SHORE OF CLEAR LAKE HE STRUCK POWER LINES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLAMMED TO THE GROUND, STARTING A SMALL FIRE. THE PILOT EXTRACTED HIMSELF CALLED 911 ON HIS CELL AND WALKED UP TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS. THE PILOT WOULD LATER BE AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA CA. APPROXIMATELY 21:30 PDT 21 JUNE 2016 NICE AIR RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM OAKLAND CENTER INFORMING US "N67889 HAD CALLED ON 121.5 DISORIENTED AND THEY HAD LOST THE TRACK." APPROXIMATELY 21:40 PDT 21 JUNE 2016 NICE AIR CHIEF PILOT RECIEVES A PHONE CALL FROM THE PILOT SAYING HE IS OK AND INFORMING HIM OF HIS UNSANCTIONED FLIGHTLO KTVL. ## 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 GAA16CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA330), Jun 22, 2016: Cessna 152 (N67889), Clearlake Oaks, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's deviation from his original flight plan, which resulted in becoming lost in mountainous terrain at night, fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a collision with power lines during a… ## Other reports on N67889 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19820806043109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820806043109I), Aug 6, 1982: Cessna 152 (N67889), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. Student on third solo doing touch and go for one hour, lost ground reference from sun glare, hit on nose gear. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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