- Date
- November 2, 1992, 05:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Fontana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49180Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921102044549A
- Case key
- 27854
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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Probable cause
The noncertificated pilot's unwarranted low flying.
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 noncertificated pilot took the airplane without permission. He told investigating police officers that he intended to crash the airplane into his estranged wife's home. After making several low passes over the house he abandoned the idea, but the airplane collided with some wires. The noncertificated pilot reported he learned to fly using a computer flight simulator program and flying radio controlled model airplanes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49180
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281180
- Airframe hours
- 6,143
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midfield Aviation
- Registered owner
- Midfield Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 26, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- APV · Apple Valley, 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
- 22
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.