- Date
- July 4, 1988, 14:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place
- Verdi, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49787Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880704024739A
- Case key
- 25843
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to gain sufficient altitude prior to negotiating mountainous terrain with forecast high winds. Contributing to this accident was the weather phenomena known as 'mountain wave' which created downdrafts that exceeded the aircraft's climb performance.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49787
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152 81317
- Airframe hours
- 44,102
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Oroville Aviation
- Registered owner
- Delbert L. Boyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 28, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- OVE · Oroville, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 104 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 14 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 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.