- Date
- June 24, 1992, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Newhall, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76962Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920624021679A
- Case key
- 27659
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgment and his overconfidence in his ability to fly his airplane.
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 student pilot initiated a solo cross country flight into a mountain pass. En route the pilot encountered turbulence, downdrafts, and was unable to out climb the rising elevation of the terrain. The pilot reversed course and made a precautionary landing on a road. During rolllout the airplane collided with a fence and a berm. No evidence was presented to the safety board showing that the student pilot's flight had been authorized by a CFI or that the pilot was current. The FAA had previously warned the pilot not to perform unauthorized flights in his airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76962
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25063-6-12
- Airframe hours
- 2,829
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce A. Grieves
- Registered owner
- Bruce A. Grieves
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 25, 1991 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- CL46 · Gorman, 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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N76962 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.