Cessna 182Q accident near Lebec, CA
On October 31, 2004, a Cessna 182Q (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lebec, CA. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 31, 2004
- Place
- Lebec, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182Q · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.836°N, 118.768°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041103X01749
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 31, 2004, about 1130 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N95902, collided with mountainous terrain near Lebec, California. The pilot-owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and three passengers received fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure point, and no flight plan had been filed. The personal cross-country flight originated at Lancaster, California, at 1056, and was destined for Harris Ranch, Coalinga, California, where, according to family members, the pilot and passengers had reservations for a birthday lunch. The wreckage was 28.39 miles west of Lancaster at 34 degrees 50 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 46 minutes west longitude about 5,086 feet mean sea level (msl). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Rancho Murietta Automated Flight Service Station reported an emergency locator beacon (ELT) to the Civil Air Patrol about 1530. According to the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, because of satellite alignment requirements, an ELT signal may be delayed 2 or 3 hours before being received or confirmed. Investigators recovered a flight record log from the wreckage site. The log noted the accident flight, along with the departure point airport terminal information service information. The pilot routinely recorded each flight with tachometer out time, and the return final tachometer reading. According to this information, and the accident recording tachometer, the accident flight consumed about 30 minutes since th
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were mountainous terrain, low ceilings, and turbulence.
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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.
