Cessna 152 N49806

Summary

On 13 December 1984 at about 01:29 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N49806 was involved in an accident near Rosamond, 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

13 December 1984 at 01:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Rosamond, California, United States

Coordinates

34.8705, -118.3399

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N49806

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chino → Corcoran

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX85FA069

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

ACFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA WHILE ON A VFR FLIGHT. NO RECORD OF THE PLT OBTAINING A WX BRIEFING WAS FOUND. LOCAL RESIDENTS 3-4 MILES FROM ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED CLOUDS, FOG, RAIN, SNOW AND HAIL OBSCURED THE MOUNTAINS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 12/12/84 ON THROUGH THE NIGHT. PLT'S SON STATED, PLT DID NOT LIKE TO CHECK WX OR FILE FLT PLANS AND WAS KNOWN TO FLY THROUGH CLOUDS TO REACH VMC.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.