- Date
- June 26, 1988, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- La Grange, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4833ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880626057019A
- Case key
- 26044
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Mixture control,linkage - disconnectedCause
Maintenance,compliance with ad - improperCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4833E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271669
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sundance Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Swenson, Lloyd E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 26, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Q68 · Groveland, CA
- Destination
- PAO · Palo Alto, 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 37 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.