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| Date: | Monday 2 April 1990 |
| Time: | 13:37 |
| Type: |  North American NA-145 Navion |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N285RM |
| MSN: | NAV-4-89 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2780 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-BA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Enumclaw, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cameron Park, CA (061) |
| Auburn, WA (S50) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVING IN LOW CEILING AND FOG WEATHER CONDITIONS. THERE WAS NO FLT PLAN FILED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT RATED FOR INSTRUMENT flight. CAUSE: PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING, AND INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE MOUNTAINOUS/HILL TERRAIN, THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT QUALIFICATION AND HIS LACK OF FAMILIARITY IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X23028
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
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