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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Neilton, WA · September 29, 1990

Date
September 29, 1990 · 16:30 local
Place
Neilton, WA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N738AQ
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA90LA199
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
500 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.

Flew into narrow tree covered box canyon. Struck trees crashed and burned. Dual for state low altitude search.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO NARROW TREE COVERED BOX CANYON. STRUCK TREES CRASHED AND BURNED. DUAL FOR STATE LOW ALTITUDE SEARCH.

NTSB investigation

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