Accident · 2004-12-19

NTSB case LAX05FA054 · Cessna 182P · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2004-12-19
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 182P (N9187G)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain altitude/clearance from a transmission tower while on an extended base leg of the traffic pattern. A factor in the accident was the sun glare condition.

Source: NTSB case LAX05FA054

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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