Cessna 172 N7970B

Summary

On 20 December 1987 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7970B was involved in an accident near Fallbrook, 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

20 December 1987 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fallbrook, California, United States

Nearest airport

Fallbrook (L18)

Coordinates

33.3903, -117.2095

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7970B

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

LAX88LA072

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 PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 36, APPROX 5 TO 6 FT AGL OVR THE RWY, HE NOTICED ANOTHER ACFT APPROACHING FM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HE INITIATED A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE LOCATED ABT 150 FT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE WIND FAVORED RWY 18 AND THAT THE PROXIMITY OF THE TWO ACFT WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE ACCD. THE PLT OF THE OTHER ACFT STATED THAT THE UNICOM OPERATOR ADVISED HIM THAT THE WIND FAVORED THE USE OF RWY 18 AND THAT HE TRANSMITTED HIS POSITION ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY ON BOTH BASE AND FINAL FOR RWY 18. HE ALSO ADDED THAT HE OBSERVED N7970B SHORTLY AFTER IT HAD LIFTED OFF OF RWY 36 AND THAT IT 'APPEARED TO HAVE AN UNUSUALLY HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK, WENT INTO A RIGHT BANK, AND THEN APPEARED TO STALL...'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.