Cessna 172 N5123G

Summary

On 19 December 1987 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5123G, operated by Civil Air Patrol, Inc, was involved in an accident near Guvate. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 December 1987 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Guvate

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5123G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Civil Air Patrol, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Roosevelt Roads

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88LA065

1 person was 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 PRIVATE PILOT BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE FORMATION OF 4 AIRCRAFT AND ENTERED AN AREA OF DETERIORATING WEATHER. HE DESCENDED AND ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND DID NOT OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.