# Accident 20000708008759A: Cessna 180F, Sultan, WA, July 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2000, 14:21 local time
- Place: Sultan, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8603° N, 121.6594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8603&lon=-121.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37GC-2000-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180F
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA00FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000708008759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING AN OVERCAST WHILE ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH A MOUNTAIN PASS.

## 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 SEA00FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA132), Jul 8, 2000: Cessna 180F (N37GC), Gold Bar, WA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's attempted VFR flight in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were mountainous terrain and cloud, low ceiling and obscuration conditions.

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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