- Date
- February 20, 1984, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lucerne, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34849Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840220003999A
- Case key
- 24177
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Upon reaching his destination, the plt was unable to see the arpt because of the presence of a solid lower layer of clouds. While looking for a break in the cloud layer for a VFR descent, the plt 'inadvertently flew into IFR conditions,' & impacted trees. There was no instrument approach procedure at the destination arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34849
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702043
- Airframe hours
- 1,440
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerome A. Weinbaum Md,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- CIC · Chico, CA
- Destination
- 209 · Lower Lake, 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 700 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.