Accident · 1994-05-31
What the record says
- Event date
- 1994-05-31
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 172N (N6305J)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Venture Aviation Group, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- VENTURE AVIATION, INC.
Probable cause
the pilot's selection of an inadequate terrain clearance altitude while maneuvering over a lake. A factor in the accident was the calm glassy water conditions which may have affected the pilot's perception of his actual height above the water.
Source: NTSB case LAX94LA231Flight 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.