Cessna 172P N55186

Summary

On 8 June 1987 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N55186 was involved in an accident near Independence, 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

8 June 1987 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Independence, California, United States

Coordinates

36.8300, -118.2404

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N55186

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Jose → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

LAX87LA353

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

THE ACFT WAS RPRTD MISSING AFTER IT DEPARTED SAN JOSE, CA, AT ABOUT 1852 PDT ON 6/9/87. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED, BUT THE PLANE WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL THE WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY A HIKER ON 6/30/90. THE ACDNT OCCURRED NEAR KEARSARGE PASS AT AN ELEV OF 12,000 FT. WX AT THE ACDNT SITE WAS NOT KNOWN, BUT ABOUT 173 MI WEST AT SAN JOSE, THE 1846 PDT WX WAS IN PART: CLEAR, WIND FROM 290 DEG AT 14 KTS. THE PLT TOOK THE ACFT TWO DAYS AFTER HE HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH A GIRL FRIEND; HOWEVER, THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE 'HAD PERMISSION TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AT HIS DISCRETION AFTER (BUSINESS) HOURS.' PIECES OF WRECKAGE WERE LOCATED NEAR THE BASE OF A CLIFF. A DIAGRAM PROVIDED BY THE INYO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT INDCD THE ENG CAME TO REST SOME 200 YDS EAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE ENG WAS PROVIDING POWER TO THE PROP, WHEN THE ACDNT OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.