- Date
- March 27, 1988, 16:10 local (Mar 28, 1988, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86820Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880327034969A
- Case key
- 40796
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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
While on a VFR cross country flight the pilot encountered instrument meteorological conditions along his route. The aircraft was not instrument equipped, even though the pilot is instrument rated. The pilot had to make two precautionary landings prior to the accident to await improving weather. Although weather briefers had told the pilot that VFR was not recommended along his proposed route of flight, due to low ceilings and low visibility, the pilot elected to continue the flight. At about 23 miles from the pilots proposed destination, he encountered low ceilings and low visibilities with light snow showers. A forced landing was made onto a logging road. The aircraft struck a pile of logs during the landing rollout.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86820
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 433-74
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Slink, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 2, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- A15S · Lester, WA
- Destination
- TIW · Tacoma, 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,420 total · 190 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 150 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.