Cessna 172 N8313E

Summary

On 8 May 1982 at about 18:38 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N8313E, operated by Buchanan Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Upper Lake, 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

8 May 1982 at 18:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Upper Lake, California, United States

Nearest airport

Gravelly Valley (1Q5)

Coordinates

39.2595, -122.9610

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N8313E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Buchanan Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Concord → Hendersonville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA164

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT ROLLING RIGHT & LEFT DURING THE FINAL APPROACH. THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT & POWER WAS APPLIED PRIOR TO THE COLLISION WITH THE TREES. NW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25K PREVAILED. A CFI WITNESS STATED THAT IT APPEARED THE PLT WAS NOT CORRECTING FOR DRIFT PROPERLY. A PLT WHO WAS CIRCLING THE ARPT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT BANKED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT PRIOR TO STRIKING THE TREES. HE FURTHER STATED THAT DURING HIS LANDING ATTEMPT THE WINDS WERE SUCH THAT HE COULD NOT NEGOTIATE A LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.