Plane Crash List

Cessna 401 N988JM

27 January 1986 · S. Lake Tahoe, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 January 1986 at about 15:20 local time, a Cessna 401 registered N988JM was involved in an accident near S. Lake Tahoe, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:20
Classification
Accident
Location
S. Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 401
Registration
N988JM
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
S. Lake Tahoe → St. George
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA86FA046

People

3 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 3 0 0 0

Probable cause

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 TOOK OFF IN CLEAR WX BUT BELOW-FREEZING TEMPS WITH HEAVY FROST ON ACFT SURFACES. NO PREFLIGHT, RUN-UP OR WARM-UP PERFORMED. ON INITIAL CLIMB, LEFT ENG POWER LOSS OCCURRED FOR UNDET REASON, BUT PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH TEMP/COLD ENG OPERATION. PLT TURNED INTO DEAD ENGINE IN APPARENT COURSE REVERSAL, FAILED TO FEATHER PROPELLER AND LOWERED LNDG GEAR DURING TURN. ACFT STALLED, ROLLED INVERTED AND CRASHED INTO RESIDENTIAL AREA. ENGINE TEARDOWN REVEALED NO MECHNICAL DEFECTS. POST-MORTEM AND TOX TESTS REVEALED NO PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
- No injuries -
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