Cessna 172N N229CP

Summary

On 22 March 2000 at about 21:50 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N229CP was involved in an accident near Quincy, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 March 2000 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Quincy, Washington, United States

Coordinates

47.0802, -119.8597

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N229CP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Moses Lake → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA00LA054

Nobody was injured.

Failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors include mountainous/hilly terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain in a mountainous area. The pilot stated to FAA inspectors that he had been looking at elk when he turned up a draw with rising terrain. He started with ten degrees of flaps, increasing flaps to 30 degrees, then full flaps before colliding with rising terrain straight ahead. An FAA inspector noted that the airplane had apparently flown straight up the center of the draw before crashing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.