- Date
- December 9, 1985, 21:04 local (Dec 10, 1985, 05:04 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N737SGCessna TR182
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851209077719A
- Case key
- 24887
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Analysis
While en route, the acft collided with moutainous terrain (trrn) at an aprx elev of 13,500 ft. previously, the plt had requested & was rcvg traffic advisories fm ARTCC. Bfr the acdnt, the acft's psn & alt (mode c reply) were noted by the controller (ctlr). No trrn/obstn alert was issued; however, at that time, the flt was operating under visual flight rules. Also, it was near a route often used by VFR acft to cross over the mtns, so no safety alert was required (altho after the acdnt, oakland ARTCC began providing trrn/obstn alerts to VFR acft as an adnl service). The acft crashed into 32 deg upsloping trrn below mt keith (elev 13,976 ft), aprx 8 mi nnw of mt whitney. On the latest sectional chart, there was a note (aprx 1/2 inch fm the crash location) which stated 'caution - rapidly rising terrain.' Also, the chart had 2 max elev figures which showed that nearby trrn rose above 14,000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737SG
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles A. Woodstock
- Registered owner
- K. T. Place & Larry Bassinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1985
- Departed
- 005 · Davis, CA
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 807 total · 738 in this make and model · 685 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Observed at
- FAT, 67 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.