- Date
- August 23, 1970
- Place
- Ocean Park, WA · OCEAN PARK, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8590UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191370
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3462 70/8/23 OCEAN PARK,WASH CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 180 TIME - 1250 N8590U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KLIPSAN BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WASH ILWACO,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- WEA ENROUTE MARGINAL. CONT INTO AREA OF LOW CLGS. PLT STATED STRONG X-WIND PROMPTED GO AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8590U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Klipsan Beach
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