# Accident 19881108050659A: Cessna 172M, Quinault, WA, November 8, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Quinault, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4670° N, 123.8455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quinault, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4670&lon=-123.8455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61614, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61614-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 70 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881108050659A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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

## Other reports on N61614 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19801108089979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801108089979A), Nov 8, 1980: Cessna 172M (N61614), Hoquiam, WA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Departed on instructional flight with 2 passengers. Became missing, presumed fatal. First intructional flight.

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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