# Accident 20080804842689A: Cessna 172K, Seaside, OR, August 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2008, 06:48 local time
- Place: Seaside, OR
- Airport: Seaside Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0269° N, 123.9244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0269&lon=-123.9244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N828CC-2010-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080804842689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM SEASIDE AIRPORT, THE PILOT TURNED NORTHWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE HOME AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH KILLED.  THREE PERSONS IN THE HOUSE WERE ALSO KILLED.  THREE OTHERS IN THE HOME WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 LAX08FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA256), Aug 4, 2008: Cessna 172K (N828CC), Gearhart, OR, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the initial climb after takeoff due to spatial disorientation.

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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