Accident · 1991-01-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-01-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-28-161 (N39778)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- CAL STATE FLYING CLUB Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- CAL STATE FLYING CLUB
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISION TO TURN TO THE LEFT, WHICH RESULTED IN FLIGHT TOWARD HIGHER TERRAIN. THE TERRAIN AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE RELATED FACTORS.
Source: NTSB case LAX91FA065Flight 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.