# Accident 19980731019119A: Cessna 172, Baker City, OR, July 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1998, 12:00 local time
- Place: Baker City, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8298° N, 117.7608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8298&lon=-117.7608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N835T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N835T-2000-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 341 total, 161 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980731019119A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJ. 2 PAX HAVE UNKNOWN INJURIES, ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (-23)THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AT ABOUT THE 8000' LEVEL, 268, 18NM ON THE BKE VOR. (BAKER CITY, OR). THE LEFT WING WAS SHORN OFF FIRST THEN THE RIGHT WING, THE REMAINDER OF THE WRECKAGE WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY INVERTED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS EAST BOUND ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 110 WHEN IT IMPACTED THE MOUNTAIN ON THE WEST FACE.  A PASSENGER SAID CLOUDS AND FOG WERE ALL AROUND THEM, ABOVE AND BELOW AND WAS GETTING CLOSER ALL THE TIME.

## 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 SEA98LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA154), Jul 31, 1998: Cessna 172 (N835T), Baker City, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance and inadequate in-flight planning/decision. Contributing to the accident was mountain obscuration.

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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