Cessna 182P accident near Lancaster, CA
On December 12, 2000, a Cessna 182P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lancaster, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 12, 2000
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.727°N, 118.236°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001218X45439
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 12, 2000, at 1002 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 182P single engine airplane, N182ER, impacted desert terrain following an abrupt maneuver and loss of airplane control near the General William J. Fox Airfield, Lancaster, California. The airplane was maneuvering to enter the traffic pattern at the time of the accident. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial pilot, who was the sole occupant, received fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by the California Department of Justice as a public-use flight under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated from the Fresno Yosemite International Airport, Fresno, California, at 0852. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a flight plan had not been filed. The pilot reported to the air traffic controller at General William J. Fox Airfield (WJF), that he was about 7 or 8 miles northwest of the airport, at 8,500 feet msl, and was inbound for landing with ATIS information India. The local air traffic controller asked the pilot if he could, "get down from there? Uh, you're, uh, distance away?" The pilot replied, "Yeah, if I could do right traffic, I'll go into a imitation of a rock, see what I can do." The controller said, "Okay, very good, uh, if you want, you can just, uh, continue right overhead, midfield, enter a left downwind, give you a little more, uh, rock room." The pilot responded, "Okay, that'll be great, we'll do a midfield, uh, for left traffic runway 24." The controller issued the current winds to the pilot, which were from 270 degrees a
Probable cause
the pilot's in-flight loss of control for undetermined reasons.
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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.
