- Date
- April 12, 1988, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Mead, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N91555Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880412009249A
- Case key
- 40802
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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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Altitude - improperCause
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Lack of total experience in type operationFactor
Analysis
The pilot was flying very close to the water for the purpose of dropping beer to friends. The pilot allowed the aircraft to inadvertently descend and strike the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91555
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261501
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Las Vegas Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 4 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 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.