48.7534° N, 122.4702° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellingham, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 5, 1991 · 19:30 local
Place
Bellingham, WA
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGJNM
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,214 total896 in this make and model49 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.
Proceeded VFR into low ceiling,rain,and snow at night. Collided in trees on mountainside. Was flight of 5 aircrafts
As the FAA filed it
PROCEEDED VFR INTO LOW CEILING,RAIN,AND SNOW AT NIGHT. COLLIDED IN TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE. WAS FLIGHT OF 5 AIRCRAFTS