# Accident 19950506009699A: Cessna 152, Snoqualmie Pass, WA, May 6, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1995, 11:45 local time
- Place: Snoqualmie Pass, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4209° N, 121.3696° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4209&lon=-121.3696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N855DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N855DA-1998-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,774 total, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA95FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950506009699A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO CLOUD OBSCURED PASS. OBSERVED IN OUT CLOUDS. STRUCK TREES. WAS ADVIZED OF MVFR. NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES.

## 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 SEA95FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95FA093), May 6, 1995: Cessna 152 (N855DA), Snoqualmie Pass, WA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE WITH THE TERRAIN.

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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