- Date
- May 28, 1993, 18:30 local (May 29, 1993, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Enumclaw, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53408Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930528015549A
- Case key
- 42940
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Probable cause
Inadvertent VFR flight into IMC. Factors to the accident were: fog and rain.
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
During a VFR cross country flight, the airplane collided with a 2,400 foot mountain at the 2,200 foot level in IMC. Thunderstorm activity with lightning and rainshowers were reported in the area. Witnesses reported that visibility was poor with thick fog in the area that obscured the top of the mountain. During the post crash investigation, no evidence was found to indicate a mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53408
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274746
- Airframe hours
- 7,904
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Tech
- Registered owner
- Flight Tech
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 3, 1993 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- S07 · Bend, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 30 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA, 23 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.