# Accident 20040821019479A: Cessna A185F, Toutle, WA, August 21, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2004, 16:00 local time
- Place: Toutle, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2600° N, 122.6531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2600&lon=-122.6531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7562Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7562Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040821019479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C DEPARTED MMV. TIME/WEATHER COND. UNKN. NO FLT PLAN. A/C IN ROUTE TO PAE, EVERETT, WA. IN-FLIGHT CONTACT WITH SEATTLE AFSS AT 2231 (1531) AND 2254 (1554) REQUESTING WEATHER. AFSS ADVISED VFR FLT. NOT RECOMMENDED. A/C IMPACTED 50 FT. TREES ON EDGE OF CLEARING, WEYERHAUSER PROPERTY, APPROX. 10 MI. SW OF TOUTLE. A/C BURNED. PILOT CALLED 911 AT 1820. LEWIS CO. DISPATCH INITIATED SEARCH AND NOTIFIED SEATTLE FSS. FSS ISSUED ALNOT AT 0716 ON 08/22/04. LEWIS CO. TRANSFERRED S&R TO COWLITZ CO. WRECKAGE/SMOKE SPOTTED BY AIRCRAFT APPROX. 1200; SAME TIME AS PILOT REACHED TOUTLE BY FOOT. RESCUE FOUND PILOT'S SON AND BROTHER AT AIRCRAFT. BROTHER DIED SOON AFTER. PILOT & SON TO LONGVIEW HOSPITAL. A/C INTERIOR 100% DESTROYED BY FIRE. WINGS APPEARED TO HAVE IMPACTED TREES SIMULTANEOUSLY AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. PROP SHEARED AT CRANKSHAFT ATTACH POINT-FOUND 20 YDS. AWAY.

## 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 SEA04FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA169), Aug 21, 2004: Cessna A185F (N7562Q), Toutle, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions. Inadequate preflight planning/preparation, trees, a low ceiling and no suitable terrain available for the landing 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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