# NTSB SEA90FA064: Cessna 182M, N71779, North Bend, OR, April 11, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1990, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: North Bend, OR
- Coordinates: 43.479209, -124.160629 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4792&lon=-124.1606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41102
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA90FA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41102/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA064

## Probable cause

THE PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW THE PUBLISHED IFR PROCEDURE.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, missed approach (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog
  - missed approach - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AT THE END OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO THE ILS 4 APPROACH. THE PILOT INITIATED A MISSED APPROACH DURING THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD AT THE FAF. THE PILOT WAS THEN CLEARED FOR THE ILS APPROACH FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE PILOT THEN TURNED TOWARD THE AIRPORT WITHOUT COMPLETING THE PUBLISHED PROCEDURE TURN AND PROCEDED INBOUND TO THE RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE 3,000 FEET ABOVE THE MINIMUM PUBLISHED ALTITUDE. THE RADAR RETURNS INDICATE THAT THE FLIGHT WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE LOCALIZER WITH RADAR CONTACT LOST WHEN THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED BELOW 3,100 FEET AND WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED INTO HILLY TERRAIN APROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH EAST OF THE RUNWAY ON A HEADING OF 40 DEGREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71779](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71779-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 18259753, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259753
- Airframe hours: 3747
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Delchini, Mario J
- Registered owner: Delchini, Mario J.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 2, 1990, 6 hours before
- Departed: 069, PETALUMA, CA
- Destination: OTH, NORTH BEND, OR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: OTH, North Bend, runway 4, 5,330 × 150 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,056 total, 795 in this make and model, 811 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OTH, 2 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 19900411008439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900411008439A), Apr 11, 1990: Cessna 182M, North Bend, OR, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Flew into trees on missed approach in IMC.

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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