- Date
- May 23, 1988, 18:45 local (May 24, 1988, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5083DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880523016519A
- Case key
- 26014
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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
Just after takeoff the engine experienced a loss of power. A forced landing was made off the airport in a lake. . The airplane partially sank. The engine was removed to a maintenance facility for examination. No preexisting malfunctions or mechanical failures could be found. The engine could not be run due to extensive impact damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5083D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272417
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David A. Bush
- Registered owner
- Sunbirds Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- L35 · Big Bear, CA
- Destination
- L66 · Corona, 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 30 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Observed at
- SBD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.