"Gene Whitt" wrote in message
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Here's the rest of the story. The C-150 departed Concord, CA about eleven
p.m. and flew to the Sacramento area only to find that all the airports in
the valley were covered with fog. This was about
15 years ago. At that time Travis also had a GCA approach but most likely
the specialists required were not on duty.

They returned to Concord and were unable to land. They were sent to
Oakland but were unable to land there, as well. They went back
to Travis.

On that same evening a Navy A-7 had attempted to shoot the ILS
there and in the process succeeded in taking out the approach light
system.

The pilot in command decided to try making a spiral down to the airport.
and lost control in the process.

The victims, according to autopsy had been recently smoking weed.

A few weeks after the accident I had occasion to call Travis, and
popped the question to the specialist as to why they had not sent
the aircraft to Angwin nearby at 1800 feet. The response was that
Angwin had no reported weather. Slince that time I have made it a
point to make night landings at Angwin as a part of my training program.


So how did you conclude that "ATC cannot even send you to a known VFR
airport that has no weather reporting." from that episode?