- Date
- June 10, 1992, 18:00 local (Jun 11, 1992, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chino Hills, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N225EBCessna 172I
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920610019539A
- Case key
- 27434
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor weather evaluation and inflight decision to continue flight into instrument meteorological conditions in mountainous terrain.
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 172I collided with mountainous terrain during instrument meteorological conditions. A fire was reported in the accident area. Fireman were unable to pinpoint the location of the fire due to low ceilings and fog obscuring the mountain tops. A helicopter was dispatched to help locate the fire and had to turn around due to the weather conditions. The fire was eventually extinguished during night fall. The airplane accident was not discovered as the cause of the fire until daylight the following day. Two weather observation facilities located at two local airports which bracketed were reporting a 2,000 ft overcast ceiling. One was located five miles away at an elevation of 650 ft MSL. Another was located 14 miles away at an elevation 96 ft MSL. The elevation of the accident site was about 1,485 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N225EB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172 56855
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tomich, Luis A.
- Registered owner
- Tomich, Luis A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1991
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, 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
- 59
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,555 total · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNA, 5 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.