# Accident 19800830039259A: Cessna 182Q, Skykomish, WA, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 10:15 local time
- Place: Skykomish, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7099° N, 121.3573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skykomish, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7099&lon=-121.3573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759ZZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759ZZ-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,809 total, 16 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830039259A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA80FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA045), Aug 30, 1980: Cessna 182Q (N759ZZ), Skykomish, WA, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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