19881227056819A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 2105 · Cottage Grove, OR · December 27, 1988

Date
December 27, 1988 · 14:35 local
Place
Cottage Grove, OR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8403Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA89LA030
Reported as
Cessna 2105
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
128 total95 in this make and model66 in the last 90 days

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 clouds en route. Called for help. Began vectors. Became disoriented,lost control and impacted near vertical

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO CLOUDS EN ROUTE. CALLED FOR HELP.BEGAN VECTORS.BECAME DISORIENTED,LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED NEAR VERTICAL

NTSB investigation

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