Cessna 182P N20726

Summary

On 18 September 1982 at about 07:00 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N20726, operated by Mickele A. Foley, was involved in an accident near Beldon, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 September 1982 at 07:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Beldon, California, United States

Coordinates

40.0098, -121.1597

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N20726

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mickele A. Foley

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Colusa → Winnemucca

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA346

4 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

PORTIONS OF THE ACFT'S RIGHT WING WERE LOCATED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 70 IN REMOTE RUGGED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NEAR BELDEN, CA.THE REMAINDER OF THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF FERN CREEK CANYON AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 5,000 FT. A WX STUDY PREPARED BY NTSB INDICATED THAT WX CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS CHARACTERIZED BY OVERCAST SKIES & RAIN SHOWERS. ALSO LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY & WESTERN SIERRA MOUNTAINS. FORECASTS WERE FOR THE MOUNTAINS TO BE GENERALLY OBSCURED ALONG THE ACFT'S ROUTE OF FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.