# Accident 19890904033679A: Cessna 182, Lester, WA, September 4, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1989, 22:10 local time
- Place: Lester, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2093° N, 121.4940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lester, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2093&lon=-121.4940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44888, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44888-1989-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 49 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA89LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890904033679A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO STAY ON TOP,HIT ROUGH AIR IN CLOUDS AND ICE. LOST CONTROL. ERRATIC DESCENT. CRASHED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA89LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA164), Sep 5, 1989: Cessna 182 (N44888), Lester, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE MODERATE TURBULENCE AND TRACE MIXED ICING IN CLOUDS.

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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