- Date
- September 26, 1982, 17:30 local (Sep 27, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belden, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5196GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69913
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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Analysis
During a search mission, the subject aircraft was seen to turn, then apparently slow or pause and then disappear inverted into high trees at the 4600 foot level. Parts of the aircraft being searched for were only 300 feet from the crash of the subject aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed by post-impact fire.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5196G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21635
- Airframe hours
- 11,129
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11B, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Quincy 20l, CA
- Destination
- C · Belden, 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 853 total · 148 in this make and model · 43 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 104 °F