- Date
- January 20, 1984, 20:30 local (Jan 21, 1984, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kelseyville, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5154HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840120002489A
- Case key
- 24148
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt became disoriented while in IMC and could not locate the arpt. The ple stated that due to lights on the ground he thought that he was over the peninsula, which is an area of low terrain. He attempted a 180 deg turn after descendingto 500 ft MSL. The acft collided with trees near konocti harbor, from which the mountain rises abruptly and steeply. The plt stated that he was much closer to the mountain than he thought.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5154H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265352
- Airframe hours
- 2,612
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Samuel J. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 23, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- 203 · Angwin, CA
- Destination
- 102 · Lakeport, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 114 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.