Cessna 152 N67821

Summary

On 22 March 1999 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N67821, operated by Cableair, was involved in an accident near Rancho Cucamong, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 March 1999 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Rancho Cucamong, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N67821

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cableair

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Upland → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX99FA129

1 person died.

the pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from mountainous terrain for unknown reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 21-year-old private pilot was rated for airplane single engine land, sea, and instrument. He was an engineering student in his senior year, and his goal was to become an aerospace engineer. The pilot had an eye condition with 2 prior extraocular muscle surgeries. He rented an airplane for a local area flight. Witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending about 45 degrees at high engine power into mountainous terrain. A sheriff's helicopter pilot reported, about 15 minutes after the accident that the weather at the accident site was clear with 10 miles visibility and the wind was from the southwest (up canyon). The airplane collided with a 60-degree canyon wall near a location called 'Party Rock Point.' The tachometer needle was imprinted onto the instrument face at 2,650 rpm; the redline is 2,550 rpm. The wing structure was accordioned from leading edge to trailing edge, as was the fuselage. No mechanical discrepancies were found with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.