Cessna 172K accident near Gearhart, OR
On August 4, 2008, a Cessna 172K (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gearhart, OR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 4, 2008
- Place
- Gearhart, OR
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 46.027°N, 123.924°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080808X01194
Official records · LAX08FA256
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 4, 2008, at 0648 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172K, N828CC, impacted a small neighborhood residence in Gearhart, Oregon. The airplane was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The commercial pilot, his passenger, and three people on the ground were killed, three people on the ground were seriously injured, and the airplane was destroyed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight originated at Seaside Municipal Airport, Seaside, Oregon, around 0644. The pilot rented the airplane from an operator at Seaside Municipal Airport the night before the accident. The operator stated that the pilot told him that he was making a business trip to Klamath Falls, Oregon, in the morning. Global positioning system (GPS) data recovered from a handheld GPS unit located in the airplane recorded that the takeoff occurred at 0644. The airplane climbed to about 412 feet mean sea level (msl) on a northerly heading, then entered a climbing left-hand turn that tightened into a spiral over the beach. The airplane climbed to 1,350 feet msl then entered a rapid descent at 0646:31. The final GPS data point occurred at 0646:39, at an altitude of 832 feet msl. The airplane collided with a vacation home in Gearhart, about 1 mile northwest from the Seaside Municipal Airport. The airplane appeared to have been traveling in a northerly direction when it first impacted a large pine tree, and then into the house. A post impact fire erupted and destroyed the house. PERSONNEL IN
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the initial climb after takeoff due to spatial disorientation.
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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.
