- Date
- March 29, 1983, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Missing Acft
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6329MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830329010159A
- Case key
- 23872
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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.
Missing aircraft
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
The plt reportedly took off on a 1 hr local. The Acft did not return & was presumed to have crashed. Also, it was presumed to have been destroyed & the plt was presumed to have been fatally injured. The owner/operator provided info which suggested that the plt may have been despondent over failing a college course.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6329M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284674
- Airframe hours
- 890
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air San Luis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 28, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SBP · San Luis Obispo, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- SBP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.