Cessna 172RG accident near Avalon, CA
On September 7, 2005, a Cessna 172RG (airplane) was involved in an accident near Avalon, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 7, 2005
- Place
- Avalon, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172RG · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.481°N, 118.585°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050909X01430
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 7, 2005, at 1228 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172RG, N9636B, crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 2 miles from the north end of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. M. I. Air Corporation was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. Two people were on board the airplane. One, an airline transport pilot, was a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation safety inspector (operations), and he sustained fatal injuries. The other occupant was an airline transport pilot rated safety airman, who was also a designated pilot examiner (DPE). The DPE is missing and presumed to have sustained fatal injuries. The airplane sank and is presumed to have been destroyed. The cross-country Event Based Currency (EBC) flight departed Avalon Airport about 1220, with a planned destination of Redlands, California. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The approximate global positioning system (GPS) coordinates where the airplane impacted the water were 33 degrees 28.832 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 35.096 minutes west longitude. According to the FAA, this currency flight was part of the inspector's EBC requirements. The proposed itinerary was to fly from Redlands Airport (L12), where he rented the airplane, to Avalon Airport, and then return to Redlands. The inspector wanted to fly within the route structure, conduct a flight from point-to-point, and also complete in-flight activities, which could all be done over water. The DPE was serving as the safety pilot. The FAA indicated that the pi
Probable cause
an 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.
