# NTSB SEA69A0017: Cessna 172, N2520Y, Lopez, WA, August 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1968
- Place: Lopez, WA · LOPEZ, WA
- Location: 48.5237° N, 122.9146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lopez, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5237&lon=-122.9146&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 19, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108702
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69A0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69A0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4675  68/8/28  NR.LOPEZ,WASH         CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 646
        TIME - 0725                    N2520Y              PX-  1  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOPEZ ISLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       57
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RT WING STRUCK OPEN WATER DURING A LOW TURN AWAY FROM A FOG BANK.BRIEFED BY CO PLT.SANK IN BAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2520Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2520Y-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 17249820 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lopez Island

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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