# Accident 20140708012659A: Cessna 182, Fall City, WA, July 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2014, 08:10 local time
- Place: Fall City, WA
- Airport: Fall City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5586° N, 121.8781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5586&lon=-121.8781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5816B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5816B-2014-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 490 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708012659A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FALL CITY AIRPORT TO THE WEST AND ENTERED FOG AT ABOUT 50' AGL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEARD CIRCLING TO THE LEFT WITH WITH WHAT SOUNDED LIKE FULL POWER. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING A LOUD THUD AND THE ENGINE SOUND STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND ON THE NINTH FAIRWAY OF THE SNOQUALMIE GOLF COURSE APPROXIMATELY 2500' SOUTHWEST OF AIRPORT WHERE IT CAME TO REST AFTER COLLIDING WITH TREES AND THE GROUND IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION.

## 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 WPR14FA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA286), Jul 8, 2014: Cessna 182 (N5816B), Fall City, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to depart in low-ceiling conditions and his continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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