- Date
- April 10, 1977
- Place
- Port Orchard, WA · PORT ORCHARD, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1282SCessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770410018329A
- Case key
- 157914
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1335 77/4/10 NR.PORT ORCHARD,WA CESSNA 182P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 187 TIME - 1930 N1282S PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT ORCHARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1282S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Port Orchard
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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