- Date
- July 29, 1985, 15:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Manzanita, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8011ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850729034619A
- Case key
- 40069
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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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather evaluation - not attainedCause
Preflight briefing service - not usedCause
Vfr flight into imc - performedCause
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Visual/aural perceptionCause
Self-induced pressureCause
Analysis
Aircraft was observed to enter a low overcast shortly after take off. The aircraft then hit a mountain about 4 miles north of the departure airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8011A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20863
- Airframe hours
- 4,026
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Theodore E. Deusner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- 3S7 · Manzanita, OR
N8011ARegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Cessna 170BAirframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental C145 series
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 937 total · 857 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.