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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Quinault, WA · November 8, 1988

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Date: November 8, 1988 · 15:30 local
Place: Quinault, WA
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N61614
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 4
Pilot’s flight hours: 275 total70 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N61614Registration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Cessna 172MS/N 17264676 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Struck trees and crashed while flying low in hilly terrain with strong surface winds. Appears spotting for elk.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED WHILE FLYING LOW IN HILLY TERRAIN WITH STRONG SURFACE WINDS. APPEARS SPOTTING FOR ELK.

Other reports on N61614 · 1

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