# Accident 19850520021059A: Piper PA23250, Blyn, WA, May 20, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1985, 12:05 local time
- Place: Blyn, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0094° N, 122.9801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blyn, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0094&lon=-122.9801&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFCTC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540J4A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,675 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850520021059A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HIT A MOUNTAIN OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. SUSPECT THE VFR PILOT ATTEMPTED FLIGHT BELOW CLOUDS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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