# NTSB LAX84FA142: Cessna 182R, N9456H, Yorba Linda, CA, January 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 13, 1984, 21:00 local (Jan 14, 1984, 05:00 UTC)
- Place: Yorba Linda, CA
- Location: 33.8890° N, 117.7721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yorba Linda, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8890&lon=-117.7721&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23930
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23930/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA142

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - preflight briefing service - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather evaluation - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, cruise - normal
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS SEEN TO DESCEND IN A NEAR-VERTICAL HIGH SPEED DESCENT OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND DISAPPEAR INTO A CANYON. A SEARCH PARTY FOUND THE ACFT ON THE FLOOR OF THE CANYON. THE ACFT HAD DEPARTED AN ARPT 18 MILES AWAY ON A VFR X-COUNTRY FLIGHT. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ACFT OR ANY AIRBORNE OR GROUND USED FACILITY AFTER DEPARTURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9456H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9456H-1991-04-10), registration cancelled 1991-04-10, S/N 18267952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 67952
- Airframe hours: 680
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aviation Facilities Inc.
- Registered owner: Gerald L. Ball
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 8, 1983, 76 hours before
- Departed: FUL, FULLERTON, CA
- Destination: P06, BULLHEAD CITY, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 732 total, 28 in this make and model, 556 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

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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