# NTSB SEA85FA030: Cessna C-152, N80061, Port Orchard, WA, December 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1984, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Port Orchard, WA
- Coordinates: 47.53907, -122.580459 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5391&lon=-122.5805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40023
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85FA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40023/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA030

## 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

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - weather condition - low ceiling (cause)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80061](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80061-2013-05-13), registration cancelled 2013-05-13, S/N 15285351, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285351
- Airframe hours: 1280
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841211076109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841211076109A), Dec 11, 1984: Cessna 152, Port Orchard, WA, Destroyed. Landed and took off from airport with IMC conditions. Was told by instructor to bypass area if weather was bad.

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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