- Date
- November 15, 1982, 17:36 local (Nov 16, 1982, 01:36 UTC)
- Place
- Gorst, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9557TCessna 210
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821116059079A
- Case key
- 70852
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a mtn drg a VFR flt under IMC. An arts-iii radar printout showed the acft was maintaining a fairly continuous heading until radar coverage was lost. The wreckage was located about 3.4 mi north of the last radar plot. ATC confirmed loss of radar contact at about 900 ft MSL. Terrain elevations in the area of last radar contact are about 400 ft rising to about 1,000 ft near the crash site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9557T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210 57357
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Whatcom Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Whatcom Flyers, Inc.
- Departed
- TTD · Portland, OR
- Destination
- BLI · Bellingham, WA
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 5,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 108 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTW, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9557T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.