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Cessna 172M N1485V

5 March 1984 · San Luis Obispo, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 March 1984 at about 00:32 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N1485V was involved in an accident near San Luis Obispo, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:32
Classification
Accident
Location
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Coordinates
35.2504, -120.6196
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N1485V
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX84LA207

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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 SPIRALED DOWN AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE TURNING FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE PLTSAID HE TRIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION BUT THE SPRIAL CONTINUED. NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND TO SUPPORT THE PLTS CLAIM THAT THE ACFT CRASHED BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A GROUND COLLISION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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