Cessna 172 N6167E

Summary

On 7 April 1985 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6167E was involved in an accident near Auburn, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 April 1985 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Auburn, California, United States

Coordinates

38.9198, -121.0692

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N6167E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fallon → Auburn

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85FVG02

2 people were seriously injured.

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 ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND AFTER SUNSET. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS DESCENDING FROM 10,500 FT THRU 5000 FT WITH THE ARPT IN SIGHT AS WELL AS THE LIGHTS OF SACRAMENTO, CA. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT BUT REMEMBERS HIS WIFE WAS ASLEEP AND THE DOG IN BACK TRIED TO GET UP FRONT, WHICH HE LATER THOUGHT UNUSUAL. THE FLT LASTED AN HOUR AND THE HEATER WAS ON DURING THE FLT BUT TESTS FOR CO2 DAYS LATER WERE INCONCLUSIVE. POST ACC EXAM OF THE ACFT EXHAUST SYSTEM SHOWED NO MALFUNCTION. THE CRASH SITE WAS AOBUT 2 MILES FROM THE ARPT. THE ACFT CRASHED INVERTED ABOUT 100 FT FROM THE FIRST TREE IMPACT POINT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.