- Date
- December 23, 1969
- Place
- North Bend, WA · NORTH BEND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4519FCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146774
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4676 69/12/23 NR.NORTH BEND,WASH CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N4519F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 4200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAMIAH,ID SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- FLEW THRU MNTN PASS DUE HIGH WINDS ALOFT AND TURB. RAN INTO DETERIORATING WEA. CRASHED ON RIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4519F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4519FRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.