- Date
- February 21, 1982, 08:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Catalina Island, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4906GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820221004879A
- Case key
- 70161
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While circling around Catalina Island turning in an out of canyons at 1700 feet MSL the engine lost power. At los angeles international airport, 38 miles to the nnw, the temperature was 65 degrees and the dew point was 45 degrees. All attemps to restart the engine failed and the pilot attempted to land the aircraft on a road running along a ridge. The aircraft ran off the ridge, down a ravine, and came to rest after impacting a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4906G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273453
- Airframe hours
- 877
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Facilities Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ronald M Cohen
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Destination
- AVX · Avalon, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,174 total · 48 in this make and model · 1,176 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX, 38 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.