19871125067199A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Hillsboro, OR · November 25, 1987

Date
November 25, 1987 · 06:20 local
Place
Hillsboro, OR
Airport
Portland-Hillsboro Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LJEA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N21460
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA023
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
699 total509 in this make and model244 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Flew into wires and trees on an instrument takeoff at night. Inadvertently allowed the aircraft to turn and descend.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO WIRES AND TREES ON AN INSTRUMENT TAKEOFF AT NIGHT.INADVERTENTLY ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN AND DESCEND.

NTSB investigation

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