# Accident 20040803018799A: Cessna 182P, Port Angeles, WA, August 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2004, 21:53 local time
- Place: Port Angeles, WA
- Airport: William R Fairchild International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0311° N, 123.4369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0311&lon=-123.4369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79404, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79404-2006-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 668 total, 37 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040803018799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2004, N79404 ON A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, A PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS TOOK OFF FROM THE PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON FAIRCHILD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CLM) AT ABOUT 2153 PDT. THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF AT ABOUT 1100 FEET TURNED RIGHT AND HEADED SOUTH. PASSENGERS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH FOG AND CLOUDS, PILOT BEGAN TO CLIMB, AND CONTINUED SOUTH. AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREE TOPS AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND BOTH PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT TOOK PLACE AT NIGHT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. AIRCRAFT WAS ON ROUTE TO BOEING FIELD/KING COUNTY AIRPORT. FLIGHT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 8 MINUTES. THERE WAS NO FIRE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. NO ELT ACTIVATION WAS REPORTED.

## 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 SEA04FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA154), Aug 4, 2004: Cessna 182P (N79404), Port Angeles, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's VFR flight into IMC and his failure to maintain clearance from trees. Trees, mountainous terrain, dark night conditions, clouds and VFR flight into IMC were factors.

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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