# Accident 20161229021569A: Cessna 182P, Dabob, WA, December 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2016, 18:45 local time
- Place: Dabob, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8236° N, 122.7900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8236&lon=-122.7900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52388, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52388-2018-11-19) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161229021569A

## Narrative

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

ON 12-29-2016 APPROXIMATELY 18:15 PST CESSNA 182-P N52388 LEFT BOEING FIELD WITH 4 ON BOARD INCLUDING PILOT. AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELLING TO PORT ANGLES, WASHINGTON. AT APPROXIMATELY 18:45 PST WHIDBEY ISLAND NAVAL STATION HAD LOST CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT WITH RADAR AND COMMUNICATION AT 1200 FEET AROUND THE DABOB BAY AREA. NOTIFICATION CAME TO THE NW ROC AT ABOUT 19:44 PST WITH THE REPORT OF LOST CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT.

SEARCH AND RESCUE WAS DISPATCHED EARLY ON THE MORNING OF 12-31-2016. ELT SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED ABOUT 07:30 PST. NAVAL HELICOPTER SPOTTED WRECKAGE OF AIRCRAFT ABOUT 10:00 PST. CONFIRMATION OF AIRCRAFT N52388 WAS MADE AND CONFIRMED ALL FOUR ON BOARD DECEASED.

FAA, NATSB, AND TEXTRON AIRCRAFT COMPANY WERE ON SCENE 08:00 PST.

AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A TWO DEEP HILLS AFTER COLLIDING WITH SEVERAL TREES AND HITTING THE BOTTOM AT A HIGH RATE OF IMPACT. ALL SECTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE PRESENT, THE LEFT WING HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IMPACT ALL OTHER SECTIONS WERE AT THE IMPACT AREA. ALL FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD WERE DECEASED.

## 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 WPR17FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA044), Dec 30, 2016: Cessna 182 (N52388), Dabob, WA, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to continue a night visual flight rules into instrument flight rules conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.…

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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