Deadly Civil Air Patrol (C.A.P) Plane Crash

[ace210210]

I'm cap member cadet airman duquette

[Flyboy7688]

This should be LAX95FA078. Accident occurred Saturday, January 14, 1995 in WRIGHTWOOD, CA CESSNA 182R, registration: N9706E. I was the PAO for the Search. We were looking for another 182 that departed Cable Airport for a local flight on 12/31/11 and never returned. Three of the search team and the pilot that we were looking for were lost. We found the other C182 in september of 95 in another area.

[cwazny1]

The aircraft in the video appears to be a Cessna with the last three "N" numbers of "06E". Why does the description say it was Piper 9602J? Just wondering.

[SenorSpode]

TO THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS VIDEO: your video description isn't accurate: the plane you describe is a Piper Cherokee 180, the aircraft pictured here is a Cessna 182, confirmed by NTSB as N9706E. This particular incident involved 3 fatalities. The privately-owned craft was indeed performing a CAP search mission. And your report describes the plane in landing mode; this is not landing, it is inflight impact with very high terrain. Search NTSB ID: LAX95FA078, yours is one digit off.

[felipe1994pw]

Im going to guess this was CFIT.

[nmcowboy1983]

Well it's pretty obvious, the video is taken from a helicopter (CAP doesn't operate helicopters) The crashed plane is a Cessna (CAP airplane before there was any fancy red, white, blue and gray paint job in existence, circa 1995.) The CAP plane was on mission when it went down.

[SenorSpode]

@nmcowboy1983 Ther CAP itself does not operate helicopters, but CAP volunteers do...their own helicopters.

[thatguy708]

im thinking of joininng CAP

[dbarbee01]

There are two NTSB reports mixed together here.

N9706E (the plane in the video being filmed from a helicopter) is a C-182 owned and operated by CAP that crashed Jan 14, 1995 near Wrightwood, CA. while conducting a search mission. All three crew members were killed.

N9602J (listed in the description) is a Cherokee 180 that crashed after takeoff Jan 28, 1995 near Big Bear City, CA.

[TheMexican259]

oh my god...... but that looks nothing like a cap plane

[ketseyowyow]

@TheMexican259

The CAP plane isn't the one that crashed a piper did, CAP is the plane you are watching the footage from.

[TheMexican259]

@ketseyowyow thn y would it say deadly civil air patrol plane crash?

[SenorSpode]

@TheMexican259 Pray tell...what SHOULD a CAP plane look like?

[TheMexican259]

@SenorSpode thats not a CAP plane i flew in one before, okay. CAP planes have blue on the bottom. this doesn't and if you dont know what it looks like go to my channel and look at me CAP video... and that's what it looks like

[SenorSpode]

@TheMexican259 I've flown in 12 CAP aircraft (as spotter), all owned by volunteers, their own aircraft. They were considered CAP aircraft as long as they were on mission. None of them had "blue undersides" except for the aircraft actually owned by CAP. Let's not pretend we know it all by merit of a mere technicality when a broader reality is--and has been all this time--in play.

[TheMexican259]

@SenorSpode thats true but there is not poof that it was a CAP plane. im not saying that it couldn't have been a civilian CAP plane but im just saying that there is no poof that it was a CAP plane.

[SenorSpode]

@TheMexican259 I just posted a rebuttal to the video owner's description, his description wasn't accurate, I found the correct NTSB report. Please see the Comments section, it'll clarify a lot. Thank ya.

[TheMexican259]

@SenorSpode no problem and i didn't want to make it seem like it couldn't have been a CAP plane but thanks for clarifying that.

[CAPFANCADET]

Ok, NonStopActionVideo, I would suggest you change the name of your video title. It would be considered a run-on sentence. And it's confusing. CAP crashed a plane!??! That's what I was thinking

[sj12345ab]

wait is it the cap plan crashed or cap is taking the video??

[BearFlight]

The aircraft was a C.A.P. plane used for spotting.

[BearFlight]

weissblitz-You're absolutely correct. The caption from this video's uploader states it is a PA-28, but he wrong. I don't know if it is C182 or not (though it probably is), the shape of its wing (tappered from center to tip) and the landing gear are conclusive, it is a Cessna.

[weissblitz]

That IS NOT a Piper PA-28. That IS a Cessna Skylane C-182.

PA-28's don't have those long skinny landing gears. And the elevator is completely different. A search for the tail number reveals is a C-182.

I can't figure out how the media called this one a Piper as for them all small airplanes they call them Cessnas ;)

[youngestpilotinGa]

how is CAP involved

[SuperJuliusMaximus]

@youngestpilotinGa  their plane crashed

[paintballer921]

@youngestpilotinGa CAP was the plane that crashed