- Date
- October 21, 1987, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walton, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2754KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871021060279A
- Case key
- 40707
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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.
Analysis
Witnesses observed the aircraft flying westbound toward a pass at a low altitude above the ground near the base of low stratus clouds. The aircraft struck a tree at the top of a ridgeline in mount/hilly terrain on a northeasterly heading, traveled 1/2 mile and crashed into a heavily wooded hillside. A witness located on the ridgeline heard the initial tree impact and saw falling debris but was unable to see the aircraft due to fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2754K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053061
- Airframe hours
- 678
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carson R. Holst
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Oakridge, OR
- Destination
- 6S2 · Florence, OR
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 60 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 50 ft
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.