# NTSB LAX83LUQ01: Cessna 152, N25061, Castaic, CA, January 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1983
- Place: Castaic, CA
- Location: 34.6178° N, 118.9649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from HOLLYWOOD BURBANK (BUR), within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6178&lon=-118.9649&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23879
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LUQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23879/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LUQ01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ABOUT 3 HRS AFTER HE TOOK OFF, THE PLT CALLED BURBANK TOWER & ADVISED HE WAS LOST & WAS AT 4000 FT, HEADING SOUTHBOUND. TOWER PERSONNEL ADVISED HIM TO CONTACT BURBANK APCH CONTROL ON 121.5, BUT RECEIVED NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. A FEW MINUTES LATER, A HELICOPTER PLT ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE LOST PLT, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. LATER, THE ACFT WAS FOUND WHERE IT CRASHED ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 3500 FT. ABOUT 28 MI WEST-NORTHWEST AT BURBANK, THE 0849 PST WX WAS, IN PART: 1500 SCATTERED, 4000 FT OVERCAST, WIND 140 DEG AT 4 KTS. THE ELEVATION AT BURBANK IS 775 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25061](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25061-1983-05-16), registration cancelled 1983-05-16, S/N 15280523, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280523
- Airframe hours: 1844
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard E Carr
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 30, 1982, 24 hours before
- Departed: BUR, BURBANK AIRPORT, CA
- Airport: BUR, Burbank

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 150 total, 23 in this make and model, 94 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 140° at 4 knots
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BUR, 28 nm away

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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