# NTSB UNK65X0841: Cessna 172D, N2187Y, Beaumont, CA, November 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 26, 1964
- Place: Beaumont, CA · BEAUMONT, CA
- Location: 33.9295° N, 116.9772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9295&lon=-116.9772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180660
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0841
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0841

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0860  64/11/26   BEAUMONT CALIF      CESSNA 172D         CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 41, 47 TOTAL
        TIME - 0906                    N2187Y              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           48                                                      250
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           4                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- OPERATOR DISPATCHED STUDENT WITH INADEQUATE WX INFORMATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2187Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2187Y-1965-05-21), registration cancelled 1965-05-21, S/N 17249687, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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