- Date
- June 6, 1984, 22:55 local (Jun 7, 1984, 05:55 UTC)
- Place
- Rosamond, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5335MCessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840606025269A
- Case key
- 23965
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with rising terrain at the 4200 ft level about 3 miles south of elevations of 6800 ft. guards on duty within a mile of the accident site said the weather at the time of the accident was foggy with a light drizzle and northwinds of 35 KTS. The acft crashed on a heading of 180 degrees, wings level, in a descent at high speed. The plt had called ontario fss and asked for plt reports of weather over lake Hughes and into bakersfield. The fss had no plt reports but asked if he was aware of SIGMET mike 7. The plt said he was. He was given bakersfield weather and told that porterville VORTAC was out of service. The plt acknowledged this information. There is no record of further radio contact with the acft. The acft did not arrive at bakersfield and at about 1100 PDT the next day the wreckage was sighted about 19 NM west of Rosamond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5335M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284543
- Airframe hours
- 2,158
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C(M), 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Flite Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1984 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- BFL · Bakersfield, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 60 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 35 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.