Cessna 172 N5954A
28 May 1982 · Fresno, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 May 1982 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5954A, operated by Wesley A. Nelson, was involved in an accident near Fresno, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 04:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fresno, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sierra Sky Park (Q60)
- Coordinates
- 36.7796, -119.8194
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N5954A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Wesley A. Nelson
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fresno → Fresno
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- LAX82DA197
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
THE ACFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, VEERED LEFT & COLLIDED WITH A PARKED ACFT. THE CFI RECOGNIZED THAT THE APPROACH SPEED WASTOO SLOW & WAITED TOO LONG BEFORE TAKING OVER. A DELIBERATE TURN WAS MADE TO AVOID RESIDENCES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 1982 | Cessna 172 | Broomfield, Colorado, United States | John A. Meyer | No injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 1982 | Cessna 172N | Lake of the Oza, Missouri, United States | Wayne Collins Merle Nelson | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 Jun 1982 | Cessna 172 | Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States | Chesley M. Louitt | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 1982 | Cessna 172N | Marion, Iowa, United States | Corwin L. Riegsecker | No injuries | - |
| 6 Nov 1982 | Cessna 172 | Antioch, California, United States | Executive Air | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1982 | Cessna 172N | Antoine, Arkansas, United States | Gerald Hendrix | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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