Cessna 172D accident near Bandon, OR
On January 1, 1994, a Cessna 172D (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bandon, OR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 1, 1994
- Place
- Bandon, OR
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172D · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.050°N, 124.359°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13919
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 31, 1993, approximately 1845 Pacific standard time (PST), a Cessna 172D, N2813U, collided with trees about two miles south of Bandon State Airport, Bandon, Oregon. The private pilot and his passenger received fatal injuries, and the aircraft was destroyed. The personal pleasure flight, which departed Hayward Air Terminal, Hayward, California, at 1544 PST, was being operated in night visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT activation. At 0740 on the day of the accident, the pilot of N2813U called McMinnville Flight Service Station and received a standard briefing for a flight from Bandon, Oregon to Hayward, California. During that briefing he was advised that there was a frontal system off the shore of California and Oregon "...which will be effecting things later on." Later that morning the pilot made the approximately three hour flight to Hayward. While at Hayward, the pilot picked up a passenger and had the aircraft topped-off with 20.6 gallons of 100 low-lead aviation fuel. At 1453, the pilot called Oakland Flight Service Station and asked what the weather would be like the next morning along his proposed route of flight. He was given an outlook briefing for the next morning, and then the briefer suggested that the pilot call back in about five hours to get a update on the next day's weather. The briefer also recommended that the pilot call back in the morning prior to his departure. Just before ending the phone conversation, the pilot asked the briefer wh
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE. FACTORS INCLUDE STRONG, GUST WINDS, A DARK NIGHT, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
