# NTSB SEA84FA017: Cessna A185F, N53079, 4nm W Of Boring, OR, November 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1983, 14:31 local (22:31 UTC)
- Place: 4nm W Of Boring, OR
- Coordinates: 45.419174, -122.37075 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4192&lon=-122.3708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39782
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39782/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA017

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - performance data - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - residence (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH 3 MAJOR OBJECTS, A TREE, A HOUSE AND A MOTOR HOME DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PILOT HAD ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON A SOFT SHORT DIRT ROAD NEAR HIS HOME. THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD WAS 462 FT. HE LANDED 74 FT SHORT OFMARKERS AT THE PLANNED TOUCHDOWN POINT. THE PASSENGER SAID IT WAS QUICKLY APPARENT THAT THEY COULD NOT STOP IN TIME. THEPILOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES AND APPLIED FULL POWER. THE ACFT LEFT THE GROUND 71 FT BEFORE THE END OF THE ROAD. THE TREE WAS ABOUT 125 FT AWAY AND WAS 16 FT TALL. THE ACFT HIT AT ABOUT 8 FT AGL. IT THEN HIT THE HOUSE ABOUT 25 FT AWAY AND PART OF THE ACFT STAYED THERE (THE TAIL SECTION AND PART OF THE FUSELAGE). THE FORWARD CABIN/COCKPIT AREA AND WINGS HIT THE MOTOR HOME AND CONTINUED ON IN THE YARD ABOUT ANOTHER 125 FT. THE TWO OCCUPANTS AND THEIR SEATS WERE THROWN OUT OF THE COCKPIT AND CAME TO REST NEAR THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE ACFT. THE PILOT DIED OF HIS INJURIES. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N53079 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502363
- Airframe hours: 3431
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Terrance O. Bohrer
- Registered owner: D. Beishline & T. O. Bohrer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 60S, VANCOUVER, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; flight engineer, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 5,198 total, 161 in this make and model, 2,651 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PDX, 11 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831108056559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831108056559A), Nov 8, 1983: Cessna A185F, Boring, OR, Destroyed. Pilot attempted to abort off airport landing, aircraft hit tree and crashed in residential area trying to take off.

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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