Cessna 210E N3ME

Summary

On 16 August 1988 at about 19:20 local time, a Cessna 210E registered N3ME, operated by Everett L. Merritt, was involved in an accident near N Bonneville, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 August 1988 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

N Bonneville, Washington, United States

Coordinates

45.6701, -121.9901

Aircraft

Cessna 210E

Registration

N3ME

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Everett L. Merritt

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oroville → Orchards

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA88FA154

2 people died.

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

WHILE ON A FLT FROM OROVILLE TO ORCHARDS, WA, THE ACFT WAS ABOUT 25 TO 30 MI EAST OF THE DESTN WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES & CRASHED. IMPACT OCCURRED APRX 100 FT BELOW THE TOP OF A RIDGELINE AT AN ELEV OF ABOUT 1755 FT. A WITNESS, WHO HEARD THE CRASH, RPRTD THE AREA WAS COVERED WITH HEAVY FOG. HE HEARD THE ACFT COMING FROM THE EAST, THEN SAW IT FLYING JUST ABOVE THE TREES AT AN ALT OF APRX 60 FT AGL. IT DISAPPEARED IN FOG TO THE WEST & CRASHED ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER WHILE ON A SOUTHERLY HDG. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS OF THE ACFT WERE EVIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.