- Date
- November 27, 1985, 20:45 local (Nov 28, 1985, 04:45 UTC)
- Place
- San Bernardino, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7541VCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851127058179A
- Case key
- 24884
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instrument rated plt & his family flew from TX to CA. It was night time upon arrival and the plt did not communicate with any FAA facility. Earlier in the flt, during a refueling stop, the plt had telephoned a friend and his parents to arrange to be picked up at his destination arpt. Upon arriving in CA the plt attempted to circle over his friend's house to let them know of his arrival. While circling the plt collided with the mountain on which the house was located. MVFR weather was reported 5 mi south and 1200 ft below the crash site, and the reported weather was a ceiling at 1000 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7541V
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG-0838
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman Bailey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1984
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Destination
- L67 · Rialto, CA
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,582 total · 2,434 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBD, 5 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 N7541V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.