Cessna 172N N5223J

Summary

On 30 October 1982 at about 07:45 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N5223J, operated by Clinton Lindseth, was involved in an accident near Panoche, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 October 1982 at 07:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Panoche, California, United States

Coordinates

36.5305, -120.9599

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N5223J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clinton Lindseth

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Taft → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX83FA024

3 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

AT 1615 ON 10/29 THE PLT OBTAINED A FSS WX BRIEFING & FILED A VFR FLT PLAN TO TAFT. THE PLT WAS ADVISED HIS TRIP WOULD BE IN VFR CONDITIONS TO TAFT, BUT THE WX WOULD DETERIORATE TNTO THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIS ROUTE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSED.THE ACFT ARRIVED IN TAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 1745. THE ACFT TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 2330 FOR THE RETURN FLT TO SAN JOSE. A WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING ERRATICALLY OVER THE DIABLO MOUNTAIN RANGE & THEY WATCHED THE LIGHTS OF THE ACFT IMPACT THE MOUNTAIN TOP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.