- Date
- November 28, 1982, 18:00 local (Nov 29, 1982, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67707Cessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72341
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 encounter with weather
Flight into known adverse weather - continuedCause
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Terrain condition - risingFactor
Analysis
The aircraft crashed into rising terrain at the 3500 foot level in IFR weather. The pilot had been advised of bad weather along his route. His flight plan was VFR. No malfunctions to equipment was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67707
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281973
- Airframe hours
- 1,878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Golden State Aviation
- Registered owner
- John B. Gartner
- Departed
- C · Lake Havasu, AZ
- Destination
- C · El Cajon, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 10 in this make and model · 37 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark