Cessna 182P N91227

Summary

On 20 February 1984 at about 08:00 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N91227 was involved in an accident near Livermore, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 February 1984 at 08:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Livermore, California, United States

Coordinates

37.6791, -121.7509

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N91227

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Groveland → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX84FA189

1 person 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

WHILE ON A NIGHT X-COUNTRY FLT, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND NEAR THE TOP OF HILLY TERRAIN AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 1840 FT. THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT KNOWN, BUT THE ACFT HAD DEPARTED GROVELAND, CA AT SOMETIME BETWEEN 1900 & 1930 PST. WITNESSES IN THE AREA AT THE PRESUMED TIME OF THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT A SUDDEN RAIN SQUALL HAD MOVED THRU THE LIVERMORE, CA VICINITY AT ABOUT 1900 PST. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO INDICATION OF ANY PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. APRX 5 MI NORTHWEST AT LIVERMORE, CA, THE 1945 PST WX WAS, IN PART: 3000 FT SCATTERED, 7000 FT BROKEN. THE ELEVATION AT LIVERMORE IS 397 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.