- Date
- July 20, 1988, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eastsound, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2748KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880720027159A
- Case key
- 40850
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionCause
Analysis
Plt was cruising at 200 feet over the water, looked down to get a chart under his seat and collided with the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2748K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53058
- Airframe hours
- 5,930
- Engine
- Continental O-520-KAHI, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 18, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- S60 · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- YCD · Nanaimo, CA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
N2748KRegistration cancelled Mar 31, 2009 · Cessna 180KAirframe modelCessna 180KEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,017 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,958 as pilot in command · 224 in the last 90 days · 77 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLI, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.