- Date
- September 2, 1989, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skykomish, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21NWCessna TU206C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890902033229A
- Case key
- 40932
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue the flight into IMC. The pilot did not adequately plan and prepare for the flight and was unable to maintain a proper altitude above the terrain for VMC. Fog was a related factor.
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
During a cross country flight while maneuvering in a valley the airplane collided with the terrain. The airplane had been observed flying through the pass following the road at aprx 50 AGL and just under a layer of fog. The airplane dove down into a valley on the other side of the pass that was clear for aprx 4 miles then became obscured again so that VFR flight was not possible. The airplane had reversed course and collided with the terrain aprx 100 feet below the area where entry was first made. Witnesses reported that all areas around and above the valley was obscured by fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21NW
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-1231
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Goble, Kelly J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Chelan, WA
- Destination
- 560 · Kenmore, 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,011 total · 311 in the last 90 days · 102 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 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.
Other investigations on N21NW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.