- Date
- December 11, 1984, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Port Orchard, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80061Cessna C-152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841211076109A
- Case key
- 40023
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
Low ceilings, rain, fog were reported in area pt the time of the accident. The student pilot was on a solo x-c, flt plan was filed with help of instru. Wx VFR nr. Acft dep 1104 PST acft crashed abt 1317 no rcrd of des reached or where acft was for 2 hrs. Acft tach matched clock. No rcrd of acft movements wx at arpt below VFR, acft impacted trees nr, heading away in flat attitudes.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80061
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285351
- Airframe hours
- 1,280
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A Ward, doing business as Spana Flight
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Reid
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 8, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- S44 · Spanaway, WA
- Destination
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OS8 · Port Orchard
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT, 5 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.