Cessna 182M N70939

Summary

On 11 April 1982 at about 06:45 local time, a Cessna 182M registered N70939, operated by Louis P. Lajoie & Edgar Sanche, was involved in an accident near Lake Hughes, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 April 1982 at 06:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Hughes, California, United States

Coordinates

34.6903, -118.5199

Aircraft

Cessna 182M

Registration

N70939

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Louis P. Lajoie & Edgar Sanche

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bakersfield → Hawthorne

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82FA134

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REQUESTED THE EN ROUTE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 1545, 1625, 1732 AND 2150 PST FROM THE BAKERSFIELD FSS. THE PILOT WAS INFORMED, ON EACH OCCASION, THAT VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED; HOWEVER, AT 2213 THE PILOT DEPARTED BAKERSFIELD. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO RADIO COMMUNICAITONS WITH THE AIRCRAFT AFTER DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED 48 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE POINT AT THE 4500 FOOT LEVEL OF A RIDGELINE. INVESTIGATIONREVEALED THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE PILOT'S ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS FOR MOUNTAIN TERRAIN OBSCURATION AND THUNDERSTORMS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.