- Date
- January 26, 1986, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Strathmore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7672TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860126001189A
- Case key
- 24896
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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 encounter with weather
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - obscurationFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Vfr flight into imc - intentionalCause
Lack of total instrument timeFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with object
Analysis
Upon returning to his home airport, the non-instrument rated pilot was unable to see the runway due to heavy fog covering the area. He entered a right descending turn in an attempt to descend under the fog. The aircraft collided with orange trees approximately one mile from the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7672T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47282
- Airframe hours
- 4,451
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lindsay Strathmore Flyers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- 1Q1 · Strathmore, CA
- Airport
- 1Q1 · Eckert
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 16 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIS, 20 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.