- Date
- September 16, 1992, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Packwood, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6419SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920916036969A
- Case key
- 42899
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Probable cause
The improper in-flt planning and decision by the student pilot and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors relating to the accident were the box canyon and the rising mountainous terrain.
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 student pilot was on a VFR x-country training flt when he flew into a narrow canyon in mountainous terrain where he was unable to reverse course or clear a ridge at the top of the canyon. The acft impacted trees near the top of the canyon at 5100 feet MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6419S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067219
- Airframe hours
- 4,291
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pacific West Aviation
- Registered owner
- Mib Holding, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 12, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- CLS · Chehalis, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCM, 43 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.
Other investigations on N6419S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.