Cessna A185F N24BC

Summary

On 22 January 1985 at about 02:40 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N24BC was involved in an accident near Pine Valley, 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

22 January 1985 at 02:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Pine Valley, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N24BC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Phoenix → Santee

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX85FA119

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

THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE THE PLT WAS RETURNING FROM A X-COUNTRY FLT AT NIGHT. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS FLYING LOW IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION & APPEARED TO BE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 8. ONE WITNESS, WHO WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND, STATED THAT THE ACFT OVERTOOK HIM WHILE FLYING AT ABOUT 100 TO 200 FT ABOVE HIS AUTO. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE ACFT THEN TURNED, CROSSED OVER THE FREEWAY, STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN & BURST INTO FLAMES. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS APRX 4200 FT. LOW CLOUDS WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. APRX 23 MI WEST AT THE GILLESPI ARPT, THE WX WAS REPORTED AS 3000 FT OVERCAST WITH 10 MI VISIBILITY. THE ELEVATION AT GILLESPI WAS 385 FT. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ACFT WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.