# NTSB LAX85FVG01: Cessna 152, N4602L, Lower Lake, CA, April 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 2, 1985, 13:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place: Lower Lake, CA
- Coordinates: 38.880405, -122.549453 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8804&lon=-122.5495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85FVG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24550/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FVG01

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - tree(s)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT HOBERG AIRSTRIP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4602L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4602L-2008-08-01), registration cancelled 2008-08-01, S/N 15284191, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284191
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850402009929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850402009929A), Apr 2, 1985: Cessna 152, Lower Lake, CA, Destroyed. Collided with trees while attempting to land.

## Other investigations on N4602L (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX89LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA154), Apr 9, 1989: Cessna 152 (N4602L), Taft, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOTS IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT IN WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH WERE CONDUCIVE TO THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE.

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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