Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX87LA223

OXNARD, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N7320A

CESSNA 152

Analysis

THE PILOT DEPARTED OXNARD ARPT ON A VFR FLT TO WHITEMANT ARPT, LOS ANGELES, CA. GRND WITNESS OBSVD THE AIRPLANE ENTER CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER CROSSING THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE ARPT BOUNDARY. THE AIRPLANE WAS THEN OBSVD IN A DESCENDING LEFT TURN SOUTH OF THE ARPT. WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH WIRES AND CRASHED. THE PLT REPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED A POWER LOSS AND THAT HE WAS EXECUTING A FORCED LNDG; THE WITNESSES REPTD THAT THE ENGINE SOUND WAS STEADY THROUGHOUT THE CRASH SEQUENCE.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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