KELSEYVILLE, CA, USA
N5154H
CESSNA 172M
THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED WHILE IN IMC AND COULD NOT LOCATE THE ARPT. THE PLE STATED THAT DUE TO LIGHTS ON THE GROUND HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS OVER THE PENINSULA, WHICH IS AN AREA OF LOW TERRAIN. HE ATTEMPTED A 180 DEG TURN AFTER DESCENDINGTO 500 FT MSL. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES NEAR KONOCTI HARBOR, FROM WHICH THE MOUNTAIN RISES ABRUPTLY AND STEEPLY. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS MUCH CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAIN THAN HE THOUGHT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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