Accident · 1998-09-30
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-09-30
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 (N49770)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Orange County Flight Center Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- ORANGE COUNTY FLIGHT CENTER
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance. Contributing to the accident were the hilly and mountainous terrain and glare from the setting sun.
Source: NTSB case LAX98FA312Flight 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.