- Date
- April 2, 1990, 13:37 local (20:37 UTC)
- Place
- Enumclaw, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N285RMNorth American Navion H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900402011929A
- Case key
- 41105
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Probable cause
Pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and inadvertent flight into IMC conditions. Factors in the accident were the low ceiling and visibility weather conditions, the mountainous/hill terrain, the pilot's lack of instrument qualification and his lack of familiarity in the geographical 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.
Analysis
The acft impacted mountainous/hilly terrain while maneuving in low ceiling and fog weather conditions. There was no flt plan filed and the pilot was not rated for instrument flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N285RM
- Reported as
- North American Navion H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-89
- Airframe hours
- 2,780
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael A. Strupat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1989 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- 061 · Cameron Park, CA
- Destination
- S50 · Auburn, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA, 25 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.