Cessna P210N N7823K

Summary

On 15 November 1996 at about 15:40 local time, a Cessna P210N registered N7823K was involved in an accident near Boring, Oregon, 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

15 November 1996 at 15:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Boring, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

45.4198, -122.3707

Aircraft

Cessna P210N

Registration

N7823K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Roseburg → Troutdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA97FA027

1 person died.

The pilot's attempt to conduct visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. A factor contributing to the accident was the presence of thick fog.

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

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The flight was initially conducted on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan above an overcast layer of clouds. As the pilot neared the destination airport, he was told by air traffic control (ATC) that there would be a delay in issuing the pilot a clearance for an approach due to other traffic in the area. The pilot elected not to wait. He requested and received vectors to an area of known visual conditions, and then reported that he saw a 'big hole' in the clouds. He canceled his IFR clearance and told ATC that he was going to initiate a circling descent to get underneath the clouds. The airplane dropped below ATC's radar coverage and the pilot was cleared to the destination via his own navigation. About 7 minutes later, the airplane impacted rapidly rising terrain that was shrouded in thick fog.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.