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Cessna 210 N9557T

16 November 1982 · Gorst, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 16 November 1982 at about 01:36 local time, a Cessna 210 registered N9557T, operated by Whatcom Flyers, Inc., was involved in an accident near Gorst, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:36
Classification
Accident
Location
Gorst, Washington, United States
Coordinates
47.5708, -122.6301
Aircraft
Cessna 210
Registration
N9557T
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Whatcom Flyers, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Portland → Bellingham
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
SEA83FA022

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A MTN DRG A VFR FLT UNDER IMC. AN ARTS-III RADAR PRINTOUT SHOWED THE ACFT WAS MAINTAINING A FAIRLY CONTINUOUS HEADING UNTIL RADAR COVERAGE WAS LOST. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3.4 MI NORTH OF THE LAST RADAR PLOT. ATC CONFIRMED LOSS OF RADAR CONTACT AT ABOUT 900 FT MSL. TERRAIN ELEVATIONS IN THE AREA OF LAST RADAR CONTACT ARE ABOUT 400 FT RISING TO ABOUT 1,000 FT NEAR THE CRASH SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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