Cessna 172M accident near White Water, CA
On March 19, 1993, a Cessna 172M (airplane) was involved in an accident near White Water, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 19, 1993
- Place
- White Water, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.939°N, 116.651°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11998
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT: On March 19, 1993, at 0541 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 172M, N12587, reported stolen from Advanced Flight Training, Inc., Palm Springs, California, cruised into a wind park meteorological tower near White Water, California. The airplane's right wing separated and the airplane crashed into an adjacent open field in a nose low and inverted attitude. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the dawn flight. The airplane was destroyed and the private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Management personnel from the flight school which operated the airplane were interviewed. They reported that on March 18, the airplane had been rented and was flown without incident. At the completion of the flight, the airplane was returned to the Palm Springs Airport and its fuel tanks were topped off. Later that afternoon, an unknown person presented himself at the flight school and purported to be interested in taking instrument flying lessons. The person was shown the airplane. Thereafter, the person purchased sectional aeronautical charts for Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas. The person paid for the charts with a personal check, left his business card and departed the premises. The flight school's management further reported that the person's check was not honored by the bank listed on the check, and the person was not recognized as currently associated with the firm named on the business card. The flight school then noted that the keys to the airplane which the person had been shown were missing. The next morning the airplane was observ
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO SEE AND AVOID THE TOWER DUE TO DRUG IMPAIRMENT. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE LOW ALTITUDE AND THE DAWN LIGHT CONDITION.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
