19881018046919A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 210E · Wenatchee, WA · October 18, 1988

Date
October 18, 1988 · 06:59 local
Place
Wenatchee, WA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4961U
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA89LA013
Reported as
Cessna 210E
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
4,740 total

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.

Flew into a shear rock cliff on side off a box canyon. Appears pilot was unable to outclimb terrain in a box canyon

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO A SHEAR ROCK CLIFF ON SIDE OFF A BOX CANYON. APPEARS PILOT WAS UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB TERRAIN IN A BOX CANYON

NTSB investigation

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