- Date
- February 20, 1984, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91227Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840220003689A
- Case key
- 23940
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a night x-country flt, the acft collided with the ground near the top of hilly terrain at an elevation of about 1840 ft. the time of the accident was not known, but the acft had departed groveland, CA at sometime between 1900 & 1930 PST. Witnesses in the area at the presumed time of the accident stated that a sudden rain squall had moved thru the Livermore, CA vicinity at about 1900 PST. An exam of the wreckage revealed no indication of any preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction. Aprx 5 mi northwest at Livermore, CA, the 1945 PST wx was, in part: 3000 ft scattered, 7000 ft broken. The elevation at Livermore is 397 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91227
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261973
- Airframe hours
- 3,069
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S1B, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy C. Newell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 14, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- Q68 · Groveland, CA
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 216 total · 24 in this make and model · 163 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Observed at
- LVK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.