Cessna 210-5 (205) N8308Z

Summary

On 7 June 2007 at about 16:20 local time, a Cessna 210-5 (205) registered N8308Z, operated by Norma J. Ingham, was involved in an accident near Quilcene, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 June 2007 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Quilcene, Washington, United States

Coordinates

47.7708, -122.8867

Aircraft

Cessna 210-5 (205)

Registration

N8308Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Norma J. Ingham

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lopez Island → Madera

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA07FA148

2 people died.

The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into mountainous terrain. Factors contributing to the accident included the low clouds which obscured the rising, mountainous terrain.

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

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The non-instrument rated pilot received two weather briefings prior to departure, both of which forecasted that marginal visual weather conditions existed along the route of the flight that included mountain obscuration in clouds, mist and fog. Weather observations from reporting stations east and south of the airplane's route showed cloud bases of between 1,300 feet to 1,700 feet at about the time of the accident. Additionally, another pilot flying in the general location of the crash site reported fog and low clouds in the area of the accident site. Based on all the evidence, it is likely that the pilot continued the route of flight into instrument meteorological conditions and collided with mountainous terrain in a controlled flight attitude at an elevation of 1,959 feet, 845 feet below and 1.25 miles southeast of the 2,804 foot mountain summit. A post-accident examination of the airframe and engine failed to reveal any anomalies which would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.