Cessna 175 accident near Molalla, OR
On July 8, 2000, a Cessna 175 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Molalla, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 8, 2000
- Place
- Molalla, OR
- Aircraft
- Cessna 175 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 45.071°N, 122.549°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21596
NTSB summary
On July 08, 2000, about 0840 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 175, N7625M, was destroyed when it collided with mountainous terrain approximately 13 nautical miles southeast of Molalla, Oregon. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the cross-country flight. Impact forces and post-crash fire destroyed the airplane, and there was no report of ELT activation. The airplane departed Aurora, Oregon, at 0800. On the morning of July 8th, a group of about 16 people and 10 aircraft, including the pilot of the accident airplane, convened at Aurora State Airport (UAO). The gathering was a reoccurring event with participants from the local flying community. The participants planned on flying from Aurora to Salem, Oregon, for breakfast followed by a return flight to Aurora later that day. However, due to low ceilings (reported at 1,800 feet AGL), the group changed the intended destination from Salem to Lebanon, Oregon. Shortly after departing Aurora, the pilot of the accident airplane was contacted by another pilot (on 122.75 megahertz) who was participating in the fly-in. At that point, the pilot of the accident airplane indicated that he was underway. That was the last know communication to/from the accident airplane. On the evening of July 8th, after the pilot failed to return home from the morning
Probable cause
Failure to maintain clearance from mountainous/hilly terrain.
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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.
