# Accident 19930528015549A: Cessna 172P, Enumclaw, WA, May 28, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1993, 18:30 local time
- Place: Enumclaw, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1005° N, 121.5995° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1005&lon=-121.5995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53408, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53408-2012-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 30 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA93FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93FA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930528015549A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. WAS ADVISED OF LOW CLOUDS. RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS AND ICING EN ROUTE.

## 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 SEA93FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93FA125), May 29, 1993: Cessna 172P (N53408), Enumclaw, WA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FOG AND RAIN.

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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