- Date
- February 23, 1990, 21:40 local (Feb 24, 1990, 05:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Elsinore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67558Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900223002779A
- Case key
- 26743
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout.
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
A Cessna 152 collided with mountainous terrain during a night time practice flight. Both pilots indicated various degrees of confusion as to their location in relation to the terrain. One pilot was recently certificated and the other pilot went along to act as a safety pilot. There were no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67558
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281911
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Flight International
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- RAL · Riverside, CA
- Destination
- CRQ · Palamar, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 92 in this make and model · 55 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.