# NTSB SEA66A0056: Cessna 180, N4546B, Neah Bay, WA, May 6, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 6, 1966
- Place: Neah Bay, WA · NEAH BAY, WA
- Location: 48.3610° N, 124.6116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Neah Bay, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3610&lon=-124.6116&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 3, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172493
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0056

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0723   66/5/6    NEAH BAY WASH       CESSNA 180          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 405
        TIME - 2125                    N4546B              PX-  1  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NEAH BAY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  400
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                           DRIZZLE, RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       50
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           45                                                       25
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- PLT REQUESTED WX BRIEFING FOR FLT BUT CANCELLED THE REQUEST WHEN ADVISED A SHORT DELAY WAS INVOLVD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4546B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4546B-1966-07-26), registration cancelled 1966-07-26, S/N 31445 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Neah Bay

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.

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