# Accident 19971022030809A: Cessna A185F, Damascus, OR, October 22, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1997, 21:35 local time
- Place: Damascus, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4794° N, 122.5103° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4794&lon=-122.5103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714-1998-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185A (registry code 2072804, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971022030809A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH TERRIAN IN IMC CONDITIONS. (.19) ON OCTOBER 22, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 2135 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, N714, A CESSNA 185A, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN NEAR DAMASCUS, OREGON.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT HAD INITIATED IN PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 1700, AFTER THE AIRPLANE WAS ACQUIRED BY THE PILOT FROM AN AIRCRAFT SALES COMPANY.    THERE WAS FIRE AFTER THE IMPACT, AND NO REPORT OF THE ELT ACTUATING.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE VICINITY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. CONTACT WITH THE TROUTDALE, OREGON, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER HAD BEEN INITIATED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT BY AN AIRCRAFT BELIEVED TO BE N714, HOWEVER WHEN TROUTDALE RETURNED THE RADIO CALL TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM N714.  THE WRECKAGE DISTRIBUTION WAS ALONG A 045 DEGREE COURSE IN A WOODED AREA.  INVESTIGATORS FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF PREEXISTING MECHANICAL FAILURE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE.

## 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 SEA98LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA007), Oct 23, 1997: Cessna 185A (N714), Damascus, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance from terrain. Factors relating to the accident included: darkness, and hilly/mountainous 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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