- Date
- May 9, 1982, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- El Portal, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2996ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820509015439A
- Case key
- 70572
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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 wreckage was located at 4,750 ft MSL on the east side of a north/south oriented ridge. The acft had traveled uphill approximately 110 ft on a 45 deg slope on a heading of 236 deg, coming to rest about 50 ft below the top of the ridge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2996E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271399
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raynaire Aviation
- Registered owner
- Larry E. Rayner
- Departed
- O22 · Columbia, 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD, 53 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.