# NTSB SEA68A0031: Cessna 180, N9185C, Snoqualmie P, WA, October 3, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1967
- Place: Snoqualmie P, WA · SNOQUALMIE P, WA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114521
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68A0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68A0031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0860   67/10/3   SNOQUALMIE P,WASH   CESSNA 180          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1034
        TIME - 0800                    N9185C              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 424 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE
           WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 10-08-67. FLEW INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS-NO PROP,WING/EMPENNAGE DEICERS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9185C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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