# Accident 19900120000759A: Piper PA18105SPEC, Longmire, WA, January 20, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1990, 15:45 local time
- Place: Longmire, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7498° N, 121.8126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longmire, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7498&lon=-121.8126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7216K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7216K-1994-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (registry code 7101808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105SPEC
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900120000759A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA90FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA036), Jan 20, 1990: Piper PA-18 (N7216K), Longmire, WA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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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