Plane Crash List

Cessna 172L N7935G

14 May 1988 · Ocean Shores, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 May 1988 at about 20:56 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N7935G, operated by Grays Harbor Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Ocean Shores, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:56
Classification
Accident
Location
Ocean Shores, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Ocean Shores (S26)
Coordinates
46.9701, -124.1398
Aircraft
Cessna 172L
Registration
N7935G
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Grays Harbor Air, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Hoquiam → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA88FA095

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED ON HIS FIFTH SOLO FLIGHT FROM THE AIRPORT WHERE HE HAD BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO ORIGINATING HIS INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHTS. AFTER SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS HE PROCEEDED TO A NEARBY AIRPORT AND CONDUCTED AT LEAST ONE MORE TOUCH AND GO. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE TAKEOFF, CLIMB AND ENTRY INTO THE TRAFFIC PATERN. SHORTLY AFTER, A WITNESS SAID THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN AND IMPACTED THE BAY IN A NOSE LOW, WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. WITNESSES HEARD THE ENGINERUNNING AT IMPACT. NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR PILOT IMPAIRMENT COULD BE FOUND. THE STUDENT HAD A TOTAL OF ABOUT 19 HRS OF FLIGHT TIME (3 HRS OF SOLO).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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