- Date
- January 10, 1984, 16:30 local (Jan 11, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Union City, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93086Cessna 185
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840110001419A
- Case key
- 23928
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed into hilly terrain in an almost vertical high speed power on descent. A witness about 64 miles north of the accident site had seen an acft that met the description of the accident acft 'scud running', or flying beneath the low cloud bases about about 500-600 ft AGL and heading southbound toward the accident area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93086
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503174
- Airframe hours
- 1,570
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-24, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ben G. Laskey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- Biggs, CA
- Destination
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,218 total · 245 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N93086 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.