19900120000759A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA18105SPEC · Longmire, WA · January 20, 1990

Date
January 20, 1990 · 15:45 local
Place
Longmire, WA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7216K
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA90FA036
Reported as
Piper PA18105SPEC
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 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.

Crashed into a glacier in crater on top of mt ranier. Was near service ceiling and gross weight.

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED INTO A GLACIER IN CRATER ON TOP OF MT RANIER. WAS NEAR SERVICE CEILING AND GROSS WEIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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