- Date
- April 21, 1985, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sunland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69118Cessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850421015349A
- Case key
- 24497
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Analysis
The plt got his pvt plt cert 6 days prior to the accident & planned a local flt to a neighboring arpt just over a coastal mtn range from the dep aprt. 9 NM north of the deparpt, the accident site is almost on a direct line between the dep & dest arpts. The site is also 200 ft below the crest of a 5,100 ft mountain ridge at the end of a canyon. No evidence was found indicating that the plt requested or received a wx briefing prior to the flt. The wx reports indicate that bases of the overcast layer were at 3,300 ft & tops at about 6,000 ft, with moderate to severe downdrafts & turbulence reported by other plts in the area. Examination of the accident site revealed that the acft impacted the mtn side at an oblique angle in a climb attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69118
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282494
- Airframe hours
- 2,323
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot'S Co-Op
- Registered owner
- Everett G. Orozco
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 27, 1985 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 35 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUR, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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