- Date
- June 29, 1988, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skykomish, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2RECessna 150F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880629037799A
- Case key
- 40726
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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
The noninstrument rated pilot was attempting to follow us highway 2 westbound across the cascades mountains. According to several witnesses upon cresting the stevens pass area at an altitude of 4300 feet MSL (approximately 250 feet AGL) he encountered low clouds and reduced visibility. The pilot then flew into clouds during which a descending clockwise course change back towards the northeast was attempted. While the pilot was maneuvering the aircraft in a shallow left turn the aircraft collided with a tree. Control of the aircraft was lost and the aircraft then collided with terrain during an uncontrolled descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2RE
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063988
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald F. Eberhart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 8S2 · Cashmere, WA
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,703 total · 1,628 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.