- Date
- June 9, 1992, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Big Sur, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5449KCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920609019079A
- Case key
- 27433
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Probable cause
Pilot incapacition.
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 flight was a scenic tour of the coast line. The plt had advised ATC that he would be descending below the coastal mountains. There was no further contact with the airplane. The airplane impacted upsloping terrain in a near wings level attitude. No pre-impact failure or malfunction of the airframe or engine was found. The pilot had previously been denied a medical certificate during the 7 years preceding the accident due to a cerebellar stroke, but had regained the certificate about 1-1/2 years before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5449K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1727416
- Airframe hours
- 5,443
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Del Monte Aviation
- Registered owner
- Del Monte Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1992 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- MRY · Monterey, 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,362 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5,979 as pilot in command · 154 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRY, 18 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.