THE DTSB
Pending. Likely Pilot Suicide.
Key facts
- DateAugust 26, 2025
- Local time6:55 PM
- LightDay
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightManeuvering
- People on board1
- Fatalities1
Accident Location
- City, State
- Los Banos, California
- Latitude
- 36.995832
- Longitude
- -120.906943
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N5203H
- Make
- Cessna
- Model
- 172-S
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Gender
- Male
- Certification
- Unknown
- IFR rating
- Unknown
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight school
- Yes
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- Unknown
- People on board
- 1
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 1
- NTSB travel
- No
- AQP category
- 10b) SUICIDE →
Probable Cause
NTSB
None yet (final report not yet published).
Recommendation
THE DTSB
Pending.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
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