- Date
- October 25, 1987, 19:00 local (Oct 26, 1987, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Snoqualamie Pss, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44856Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871025072859A
- Case key
- 40755
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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 pilot was advised that with his proposed route of flight VFR was not recommended due to low clouds and marginal visibility. The pilot elected to fly through the area at night and encountered low clouds and marginal visibility. While attempting to climb the aircraft struck trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44856
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816029
- Airframe hours
- 2,024
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Yakima Aero Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 2, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Destination
- YKM · Yakima, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 253 total · 200 in this make and model · 203 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.