Skip to content

SEA85LA088

1985-04-07 · MULINO, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 4S9

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD TO ADD POWER DURING FINAL APPROACH AND THE ENGINE CEASED OPERATING. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE ONTO A CABBAGE PATCH AND THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE THROTTLE CABLE HOUSING SEPARATED IN THE AREA WHERE IT IS CLAMPED TO THE REAR OF THE ENGINE MOUNT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_SEA85LA088.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.