- Date
- December 8, 1982, 15:16 local (23:16 UTC)
- Place
- South Lake Taho, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20016Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821208062779A
- Case key
- 72651
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot and a passenger departed the south lake tahoe airport at 1515 PST. He stated that he had climbed to about 1200 ft AGL when he encountered extreme turbulence and downdrafts. He lost control of the aircraft until just prior to ground impact. A helicopter pilot that was in the area just after the accident also reported moderate to severe turbulence. The departure airport was at an elevation of 6264 ft MSL near mountains. The aircraft was equipped with lights to display commercial advertisements at night.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20016
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260932
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Manual Amaral
- Registered owner
- Manual Amaral
- Departed
- TVL · South Lake Taho, CA
- Destination
- PVF · Placerville, CA
- Airport
- TVL · South Lake Tahoe, runway 36, 8,544 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 36 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 102 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL, 1 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.