- Date
- March 18, 1989, 23:42 local (Mar 19, 1989, 07:42 UTC)
- Place
- Longmire, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8822CCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890318004119A
- Case key
- 40915
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Probable cause
Physical incapacitation of the pilot.
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 flt departed Boeing field runway 13, with IFR clearance to climb on runway heading. After takeoff, the pilot was cleared to climb to cruise altitude of 13,000 ft, MSL. Before reaching the assigned victor airway, the pilot requested and was cleared for a left turn to join the airway and instructed to resume his own navigation. Radar data showed the aircraft did not change course and flew past the airway. All subsequent attempts to contact the flight were unsuccessful. The aircraft continued climbing on a straight course until it impacted on Mt. Rainier at 12,800 ft MSL. Pilot was at risk for cardiovascular disease due to lifestyle. Wreckage inaccessible, injury presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8822C
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060261
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lectro Tek Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1988
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- EAT · Wenatchee, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,964 total · 87 in this make and model · 9,731 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 45 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.