- Date
- May 22, 1992, 00:01 local (07:01 UTC)
- Place
- Eatonville, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7579XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920522025659A
- Case key
- 41581
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
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 pilot, age 84, had coronary bypass surgery 2 years before the accident, and a stroke 1 year before. He departed on his first solo flt in 2 years, and did not return. The wreckage was located 9 days later within view from the airport. The airplane had impacted the side of a hill in a straight & level flight attitude. The pilot was treated recently for depression, and was taking medication for insomnia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7579X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248079
- Airframe hours
- 2,252
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Beech, James L.
- Registered owner
- Beech, James L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 24, 1991 · 6 hours before
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
- 84
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCM, 21 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.