Cessna 182 N8749T

Summary

On 11 November 2019 at about 19:26 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N8749T, operated by Coleman Terry L, was involved in an accident near Metaline, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 November 2019 at 19:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Metaline, Washington, United States

Coordinates

48.8072, -117.2919

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N8749T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1960

Engines

1

Operator

Coleman Terry L

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Colville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR20LA028

1 person died.

Impact with a lake for reasons that could not be determined.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane departed on a visual flight rules (VFR) local flight and did not return as planned. Local authorities discovered the pilot’s body five days later, near the shore of a lake about 28 nautical miles northeast of the departure airport. There were no witnesses to the accident, and the wreckage was not recovered. There was no radar information that could be definitively correlated with the accident airplane. Review of weather information for the day of the accident was consistent with VFR conditions in the area of the accident site, and model sounding data suggested no low clouds or restrictions to visibility. Autopsy and toxicology of the pilot did not reveal evidence of physiological impairment or incapacitation. The circumstances of the accident could not be determined based on the available information.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.