PANOCHE, CA, USA
N5223J
CESSNA 172N
AT 1615 ON 10/29 THE PLT OBTAINED A FSS WX BRIEFING & FILED A VFR FLT PLAN TO TAFT. THE PLT WAS ADVISED HIS TRIP WOULD BE IN VFR CONDITIONS TO TAFT, BUT THE WX WOULD DETERIORATE TNTO THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIS ROUTE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSED.THE ACFT ARRIVED IN TAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 1745. THE ACFT TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 2330 FOR THE RETURN FLT TO SAN JOSE. A WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING ERRATICALLY OVER THE DIABLO MOUNTAIN RANGE & THEY WATCHED THE LIGHTS OF THE ACFT IMPACT THE MOUNTAIN TOP.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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