- Date
- August 7, 1986, 17:30 local (Aug 8, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N95370Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860807037899A
- Case key
- 25229
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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.
Analysis
The plt planned a cross country flight from palm springs, CA. To the nearby mountain resort community of Big Bear, CA. Enroute, the plt navigated the acft over an area where the terrain was rising at a rate faster than his acft was climbing. The plt attempted to reverse course but there was insufficient room, & the acft collided with upsloping terrain. No mechanical malfunctions or failures were reported with the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95370
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- PSP · Palm Springs, CA
- Destination
- L35 · Big Bear, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,067 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.