Cessna 152 accident near Palos Verdes, CA
On April 28, 1995, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Palos Verdes, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 28, 1995
- Place
- Palos Verdes, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.340°N, 114.930°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03329
NTSB summary
History of Flight On April 28, 1995, at 0945 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N49058, disappeared from radar over the Pacific Ocean near Palos Verdes, California. The pilot was conducting a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight to San Jose, California, with a planned fuel stop at Santa Barbara, California. The airplane, registered to the pilot and operated by Trade Winds Aviation Sales, San Jose, California, was not recovered and is presumed to have crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant, is presumed to have sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Oceanside Airport, Oceanside, California, at 0916 hours. Civil Air Patrol personnel reported that the pilot arrived at Oceanside Airport on April 26, 1995, to attend a business meeting. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), San Diego [California] Flight Service Station quality assurance specialist, the pilot obtained a weather briefing on April 28, 1995, at 0838 hours. The FSS specialist gave the pilot a full briefing and advised him that a VFR flight was not recommended due to low clouds and icing conditions above 4,000 feet mean sea level (msl). The pilot told the specialist that ". . . we'll go low along the coast. . . ." The pilot did not file a VFR flight plan. There were no known communications between the pilot and any FAA air traffic control facilities after he departed. Trade Winds Aviation Sales (hereafter referred to as Trade Winds) operations manager reported the airplane missing to the FAA
Probable cause
that the pilot initiated the flight into known adverse weather, and inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions.
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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.
