# Accident 19940905025349A: Cessna 172G, Paradise, WA, September 5, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1994, 15:10 local time
- Place: Paradise, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7862° N, 121.7354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paradise, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7862&lon=-121.7354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4628L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4628L-1998-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 56 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA94LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940905025349A

## Narrative

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

FLYING TOO LOW IN A MOUNTAIN VALLEY UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN OR TURN AROUND. FLEW INTO TREES.

## 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 SEA94LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA231), Sep 5, 1994: Cessna 172G (N4628L), Paradise, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: PROPER ALTITUDE WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY TERRAIN CONDITIONS AND LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE.

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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