Cessna 172D accident near Julian, CA
On February 26, 1996, a Cessna 172D (airplane) was involved in an accident near Julian, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 26, 1996
- Place
- Julian, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172D · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.021°N, 116.490°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05277
NTSB summary
History of Flight On February 26, 1996, about 1220 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna 172D, N2598U, crashed about 5 miles south of Julian, California. The pilot was conducting a visual flight rules flight to Brown Field Municipal Airport, San Diego, California, and he did not file a flight plan. The airplane, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed. The noninstrument rated commercial pilot and two passengers sustained fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Bullhead City Airport, Bullhead City, Arizona, at 0827 hours. National Transportation Safety Board investigators estimated the referenced accident time noted above. The time is based on the estimated time en route while encountering between a 40 and 50 knots headwind and assumed radar data of the airplane. The pilot's daughter told Safety Board investigators in a telephone interview conducted on February 28, 1996, that her father flew to "the river [Colorado River]" on February 24, 1996. The pilot called and told her that due to inclement weather, they would have to spend the night at Laughlin, Nevada, and intended to return to Brown Field Municipal Airport on February 26, 1996. She said that her father flew between Bullhead City airport and Brown Field Municipal airport "hundreds of times." She also said that her father planned to return to San Diego, without landing at any other airport. An FAA, Western-Pacific Region, Quality Assurance Branch specialist gave the Safety Board a copy of the National Track Analysis Program (NTAP) radar data. The quality a
Probable cause
the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. The pilot's inadequate preflight/preparation, low clouds, fog, and mountain obscuration were factors in the accident.
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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.
