- Date
- May 24, 1990, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Washougal, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72592Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900524017329A
- Case key
- 41199
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane, which allowed water to remain in the fuel system. Collision with a tree was a factor related to the accident.
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
Shortly after take off, the engine began to run rough and eventually quit. The pilot initiated a forced landing, and the aircraft collided with trees in a heavily wooded area. Inspection of the wreckage revealed water in the fuel tank and in the carburetor. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72592
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9764
- Airframe hours
- 2,869
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cummings, David
- Registered owner
- Douglas W Keepers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1990 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 0S6 · Orchards, WA
- Destination
- 4S2 · Hood River, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 710 total · 350 in this make and model · 635 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.