- Date
- February 5, 1990, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Baker, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50GPCessna 402B
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900205003859A
- Case key
- 41099
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Pilot displayed poor inflight planning by selecting to fly into known adverse weather conditions. The pilot did not maintain an adequate visual lookout when operating in snow shower conditions and collided into the terrain.
Analysis
During a scheduled cargo flight, the pilot diverted from the normal route and travelled through mountainous terrain. The radar plot indicated that the airplane was in a gradual climbing left turn when the collision occured. The weather in the area at the time of the accident reported snow showers in the mountainous area.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50GP
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B1088
- Airframe hours
- 9,672
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Sports Air Travel Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1989 · 196 hours before
- Departed
- PDT · Pendleton, OR
- Destination
- BKE · Baker, OR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 51 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 100° at 23 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKE, 16 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.