# NTSB SEA88LA134: Cessna 180K, N2748K, Eastsound, WA, July 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 20, 1988, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Eastsound, WA
- Coordinates: 48.620121, -122.869743 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6201&lon=-122.8697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA134

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - water
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2748K-2009-03-31), registration cancelled 2009-03-31, S/N 18053058, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 53058
- Airframe hours: 5930
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880720027159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880720027159A), Jul 20, 1988: Cessna 180K, Eastsound, WA, Destroyed. Cruising at 200 feet above the water reached down to get a chart and flew into the water. Aircraft sank. Pilot safe

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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