ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230602
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| Date: | Monday 11 November 2019 |
| Time: | 11:26 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182C Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8749T |
| MSN: | 52649 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sullivan Lake, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Colville Municipal Airport, WA (63S) |
| Metaline, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane departed on a visual flight rules (VFR) local flight and did not return as planned. Local authorities discovered the pilot’s body five days later, near the shore of a lake about 28 nautical miles northeast of the departure airport. There were no witnesses to the accident, and the wreckage was not recovered.
There was no radar information that could be definitively correlated with the accident airplane. Review of weather information for the day of the accident was consistent with VFR conditions in the area of the accident site, and model sounding data suggested no low clouds or restrictions to visibility.
Autopsy and toxicology of the pilot did not reveal evidence of physiological impairment or incapacitation..
The circumstances of the accident could not be determined based on the available information.
Probable Cause: Impact with a lake for reasons that could not be determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/search-for-missing-plane-after-colville-pilot-goes-missing/293-ef6a9c76-ce81-472c-be1c-f18a06bbe386
https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/news/crews-still-searching-for-plane-that-went-missing-on-monday/article_b762a87c-0638-11ea-a2a9-2301676b28e2.html
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/nov/16/search-for-missing-colville-pilot-ends-with-discov/
https://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/wsdot-searching-in-colville-area-for.html
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8749T
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2019 23:26 | Geno | Added |
| 13-Nov-2019 03:38 | RobertMB | Updated [Date] |
| 13-Nov-2019 18:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2019 04:53 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2019 07:48 | FlyingPhoto | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2019 07:48 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 21-Nov-2019 02:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2022 03:41 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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