Accident · 1989-08-29
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-08-29
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 152 (N49231)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- SNOHOMISH FLYING SERVICE, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SNOHOMISH FLYING SERVICE
Probable cause
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT OF N66QB, A BEECH J35, TO SEE AND AVOID THIS AIRCRAFT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT DIRECTLY INTO THE SETTING SUN, AND THE LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS OF DUSK ON THE GROUND BELOW.
Source: NTSB case SEA89FA160Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.