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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Skykomish, WA · August 30, 1980

Date
August 30, 1980 · 10:15 local
Place
Skykomish, WA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N759ZZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA80FA045
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,809 total16 in this make and model95 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witness saw airplane emerge from low clouds in a valley, make a steep turn to avoid terrain, stalled, dove into grn

As the FAA filed it

WITNESS SAW AIRPLANE EMERGE FROM LOW CLOUDS IN A VALLEY, MAKE A STEEP TURN TO AVOID TERRAIN, STALLED, DOVE INTO GRN

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.