- Date
- July 19, 1982, 17:55 local (Jul 20, 1982, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Near Inyokern, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1378LCessna T337H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71837
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Terrain condition - risingFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Analysis
Approximately 10 min after takeoff the acft impacted a ridge of a canyon at 5,500 ft MSL about 200 ft below the ridge line. The density altitude was 8,900 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1378L
- Reported as
- Cessna T337H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337187
- Airframe hours
- 2,222
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-H, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Agritill Leasing Co.
- Registered owner
- Agritill Leasing Co.
- Departed
- C · Inyokern, CA
- Destination
- C · Lemoore, CA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,550 total · 240 in this make and model · 239 as pilot in command · 280 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg