- Date
- February 13, 1982, 18:00 local (Feb 14, 1982, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hollister, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99WMCessna 172K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820213069889A
- Case key
- 71051
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft flew into the side of a mountain in level cruise. The accident happened during weather in which VFR flight had not been recommended. Clouds were obscuring the mountains. The aircraft was on the return leg of a cross-country flight. No flight plan was filed. According to the aircraft heading at the time of impact, the pilot had turned to a course to return to an area where the weather was VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99WM
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257206
- Airframe hours
- 3,084
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- San Jose Flying Jaguars,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Thomas Ww. Padlucci
- Departed
- C · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- AI · San Jose, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 265 total · 109 in this make and model · 236 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Temperature
- 122 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.