# NTSB SEA86LA228: Cessna 152, Lummi Island, WA, August 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1986, 03:45 local (10:45 UTC)
- Place: Lummi Island, WA
- Coordinates: 48.690307, -122.660026 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6903&lon=-122.6600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40489
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40489/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA228

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - fatigue(lack of sleep), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE REMEMBERS PASSING ARLINGTON, WA, AT AN ALT OF APRX 2,000 FT MSL BUT, REMEMBERS NOTHING ELSE UNTIL THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE PLT BELIEVES THAT HE FELL ASLEEP DURING THE FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: GYWR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jerry Price, doing business as Airborn Interprises
- Registered owner: Jerry Price
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Destination: YVR, VANCOUVER
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

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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