- Date
- April 10, 1982, 22:45 local (Apr 11, 1982, 06:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Hughes, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70939Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820410009329A
- Case key
- 71324
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Analysis
The pilot requested the en route weather conditions at 1545, 1625, 1732 and 2150 PST from the bakersfield fss. The pilot was informed, on each occasion, that VFR flight was not recommended; however, at 2213 the pilot departed bakersfield. No flight plan was filed and there were no radio communicaitons with the aircraft after departure. The aircraft wreckage was located 48 miles from the departure point at the 4500 foot level of a ridgeline. Investigationrevealed the weather forecast for the pilot's route of flight was for mountain terrain obscuration and thunderstorms.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70939
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259426
- Airframe hours
- 6,471
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Louis P. Lajoie & Edgar Sanche
- Registered owner
- Louis P. Lajoie & Edgar Sanche
- Departed
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
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--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 404 total · 30 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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