Probable cause
Undetermined because the airplane and pilot were not located.
NTSB analysis
Concerned parties reported the pilot missing after not returning from a flight. Multiple agencies conducted a search for the missing pilot and airplane, however, neither the pilot, airplane, nor wreckage debris was located. Radar data believed to represent the missing airplane showed a westerly track over the Pacific Ocean. The last known radar position was about 140 miles west of the Pacific shoreline.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR22LA371 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Aug 20, 2022
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Pacific Ocean, California
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatal injuries
- 1
- Light
- Night
Cessna 172M
- N-number
- N9670V
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1974
- Damage
- Unknown
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.