ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296770
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| Date: | Friday 16 August 2002 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4145Y |
| MSN: | 185-0345 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fillmore, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fresno Yosemite International Airport, CA (FAT/KFAT) |
| SANTA PAULA, CA (KSZP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX02LA258
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1995 | N4145Y | Private | 0 | Teller, AK | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 10:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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