# NTSB SEA86LA085: Cessna 188-A, N4736Q, Warden, WA, March 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1986, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Warden, WA
- Coordinates: 47.010368, -119.119369 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0104&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40374
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40374/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA085

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE AT CRUISE, THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED AND HAD HIS HEAD TURNED WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY FLEW INTO THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4736Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188-A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802503T
- Airframe hours: 2637
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Terry Kilmer Corp Dusing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 11, 1986, 19 hours before
- Departed: 33WA, WARDEN, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 10,000 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 9,630 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 2 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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