# NTSB LAX85FA042: Cessna 172N, N9405E, Jamul, CA, November 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 13, 1984, 18:00 local (Nov 14, 1984, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Jamul, CA
- Location: 32.7184° N, 116.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamul, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7184&lon=-116.8709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85FA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24433/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA042

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE CERTIFIED FLT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE RATED STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED ON A LOCAL INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT APRX 1715 AND AT 1750 AN ELT SIGNAL WAS REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ATOP A HILL AT APRX THE 2000 FT LEVEL. THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE PRIOR TO THE GROUND IMPACT. THE WEATHER NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS REPORTED TO BE CLEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9405E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272252
- Airframe hours: 1756
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Border Aeronautics
- Registered owner: Ellen C. Martin(Johnson)
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1984, 13 hours before
- Departed: SDM, SAN DIEGO, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 898 total, 704 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SDM, 11 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841113061559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841113061559A), Nov 13, 1984: Cessna 172N, Jamul, CA, Destroyed. The local instrument training flight ended when it collided with a rocky hillside.

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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