- Date
- December 28, 1984, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5948JCessna 182P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841228068849A
- Case key
- 24452
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Analysis
The acft crashed in a mountainous area while on a VFR personal flt to long beach, CA. The non-instrument rated private plt & 4 minor children aboard the acft were killed. By low clouds & there were extensive snow showers in the arearea the plt's log book indicated that he had received 5.0 simulated instrument flt hrs & 0.5 actual instrument flt hrs of dual instruction. The acft struck the ground in a near vertical descent altitude. The flt control remained attached to their respective attach fittings; continuity of the flt control cables to the cabin/cockpit area was established.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5948J
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263588
- Airframe hours
- 2,198
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rudy Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 1, 1983 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- L35 · Big Bear City, CA
- Destination
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Airport
- L35 · Big Bear City, runway 25, 5,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 111 in this make and model · 67 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °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.