- Date
- April 2, 1985, 13:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place
- Lower Lake, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4602LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850402009929A
- Case key
- 24550
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - tree(s)
Planned approach - poorCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The acft contacted trees while attempting to land at hoberg airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4602L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284191
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tacy A. Weeks
- Registered owner
- Timothy J. Braidy, Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TRK · Truckee, CA
- Destination
- Q79
- Airport
- Q79 · Hoberg
N4602LRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2008 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 130 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 30 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.
Other investigations on N4602L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.