Cessna 172M N5295R

Summary

On 18 January 1982 at about 19:05 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N5295R, operated by Lufstrom Inc., was involved in an accident near Downieville, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 January 1982 at 19:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Downieville, California, United States

Coordinates

39.5805, -120.7905

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N5295R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lufstrom Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Yuba City → Reno

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA047

1 person 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 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED YUBA CITY ABOUT 1030 PST AFTER THE PILOT RECEIVED A PARTIAL WEATHER BRIEFING FROM THE MARYSVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION IN WHICH VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. RADAR PLOTS ON THE AIRCRAFT INDICATE A NON-LINEAR FLIGHT PATH FROM THE NEVADA CITY, CA AREA NORTH AND EAST TO THE SIERRA CITY, CA AREA BEFORE THE TARGET WAS LOST. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT SITE AROUND NOON.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.