Cessna 172L N19659

Summary

On 5 June 1982 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N19659, operated by James Russell, was involved in an accident near Meiners Oaks, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 June 1982 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Meiners Oaks, California, United States

Coordinates

34.5104, -119.2902

Aircraft

Cessna 172L

Registration

N19659

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James Russell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oxnard → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA213

2 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

WITNESSES IN A REMOTE CANYON REPORTED AN AIRCRAFT MAKING LOW PASSES IN THAT AREA. THEY LAST SAW THE PLANE GOING UP THE CANYON. LATER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON A WALL OF THE SAME CANYON. TESTS OF THE PILOT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .279 PERCENT. THE CORONER ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT .150 PERCENT OF THE ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS DUE TO ACTION OF BACTERIA. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.