Cessna 172N accident near Lompoc, CA
On May 25, 1993, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lompoc, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 25, 1993
- Place
- Lompoc, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.599°N, 120.391°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X12411
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 25, 1993, at 0230 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N4783J, entered instrument meteorological conditions and collided with hilly terrain while in cruise flight near Lompoc, California. The pilot was conducting a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight. The airplane, registered to J and L Aviation, Inc., Palm Springs, California, and operated by Bermuda Air Services, Bermuda Dunes, California, was destroyed. The certificated commercial pilot and his passenger sustained fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site and a VFR flight plan was filed, but not activated. The flight originated at Palm Springs Regional Airport at about 2335 hours. A witness located at Bermuda Air Services reported that the pilot left Bermuda Dunes Airport in the accident airplane at about 1200. His intermediate destination was to the Palm Springs Regional Airport, where the pilot worked. The pilot filled out a flight itinerary form with Bermuda Air Services on May 24, 1993. He listed his route of flight as Bermuda Dunes (UDD) Airport, direct to Palm Springs Regional Airport (PSP), direct to Palmdale (PMD), direct to Lompoc Airport (LPC). He said he intended to stop at Palm Springs Regional Airport to complete his work shift. (See item 8,b for further information.) The pilot called Hawthorne Flight Service Station at about 2258 hours and received an abbreviated weather briefing. The pilot filed a VFR flight plan with a proposed takeoff time of 2330 hours. The pilot did not activate the flight plan. According to time clock reco
Probable cause
VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE (OR CLEARANCE) FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE LOW CEILING, FOG, DRIZZLE, OBSCURATION, AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
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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.
