Cessna 150M N704EQ

Summary

On 21 October 1984 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N704EQ was involved in an accident near Lee Vining, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 October 1984 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lee Vining, California, United States

Coordinates

35.8909, -120.5999

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N704EQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Lee Vining

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

LAX85FA030

2 people were seriously 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

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN DURING A VFR X-COUNTRY. THE ACFT WAS APPROACHING THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE ON THE LEE SIDE ANDDID NOT CLEAR THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. THE PLT SAID THAT WHEN HE SAW THE ACFT WAS NOT GOING TO CLEAR THE RIDGE HE LOWERED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND STARTED A LEFT TURN. THE LEFT WING HIT THE SIDE OF THE RIDGE AND THE NOSE OF THE ACFT HIT A LARGE ROCK. THE ACFT THEN CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO A STOP RIGHT SIDE UP. THE AVIATION WEATHER HANDBOOK STATES IN PART THAT THE DOWNDRAFT ON THE LEE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN MAY DRIVE AN ACFT INTO THE MOUNTAINSIDE. IT RECOMMENDS A CLIMB WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO AN ALT IN EXCESS OF THE TERRAIN TO BE CLEARED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.