- Date
- September 16, 1984, 01:15 local (08:15 UTC)
- Place
- Aberdeen, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1150TCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840916075599A
- Case key
- 40021
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Acft wreckage indicates impact was nose down inverted. No evidence was found of acft failure/malfunction. Plt departed on night cross-country after an evening out with friends. Wreckage found two months later, no toxicological tests possible.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1150T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266082
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alan Byron Jordan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1SO · Tacoma, WA
- Destination
- HQM · Hoquiam, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HQM, 9 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.