Cessna 152 N6321M

Summary

On 12 August 1984 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6321M, operated by Central Valley Skyways, was involved in an accident near Cressey, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 August 1984 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cressey, California, United States

Coordinates

37.3210, -120.6296

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N6321M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Central Valley Skyways

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atwater → Atwater

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84LA438

Nobody was injured.

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 TWO ACFT MAKING MULTIPLE LOW PASSES DOWN THE RIVER. EACH ACFT WAS SEEN FLYING UNDER 3 ELECTRICAL POWER LINES AT LEAST 3 TIMES. ON THE LAST PASS, ACCORDING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ONE ACFT STRUCK AND SEVERED ALL 3 POWER LINES. AFTER THE COLLISION THE PLT FLEW TO A NEARBY ARPT AND PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. FINDING THE ACFT CONTROLLABLE HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT OF ORIGINAL DEPARTURE WHERE HE LANDED. THE PLT SAID THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED TOWARD THE PASSENGER WHO WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A CAMERA WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.