Cessna 185A N4145Y
16 August 2002 · Fillmore, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 August 2002 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 185A registered N4145Y was involved in an accident near Fillmore, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fillmore, California, United States
- Coordinates
- 34.3919, -118.8333
- Aircraft
- Cessna 185A
- Registration
- N4145Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fresno → Santa Paula
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX02LA258
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the in-flight collision with terrain during a climb.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot made a precautionary landing in a riverbed after impacting a hill while in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). The pilot departed on a visual flight rules cross-country flight after checking the weather at the local destination area. According to the pilot, he was aware of the broken and overcast cloud layers at his destination but thought that the conditions would improve by the time of his arrival. Upon arrival at the destination airport, he entered instrument conditions and initiated a climb in an attempt to climb out of the clouds. The airplane impacted a hill and the emergency locator transmitter activated. He later noticed that his landing gear was missing. He elected to make a precautionary landing in a riverbed instead of attempting to land at his original destination airport. The weather observation facilities in the vicinity of the destination airport were reporting IMC throughout the morning of the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 185 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2002 | Cessna 185F | Cumberland, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2002 | Cessna 185F | Talkeetna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Sep 2002 | Cessna 185 | Seward, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jun 2002 | Cessna 185 | Chugiak, Alaska, United States | William Scoular | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 May 2002 | Cessna 185 | Talkeetna, Alaska, United States | Talkeetna Air Taxi Inc | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 2002 | Cessna 185 | Port Alsworth, Alaska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
All 1,004 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 15 Mar 2002 | Trenti RV-4 | Jacumba, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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