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N167CB accident description

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Crash location 47.697500°N, 123.550000°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect.
Nearest city Brinnon, WA
47.679259°N, 122.898214°W
30.3 miles away
Tail number N167CB
Accident date 02 Apr 2017
Aircraft type Cirrus Design Corp SR22
Additional details: None

NTSB Factual Report

On April 2, 2017, at 1529 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cirrus Design Corporation SR22, N167CB, impacted mountainous terrain near Mount Christie, in Jefferson County, Washington. The airplane was operated by The Flight Academy under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage during the accident sequence. The instructional flight departed Langley, Washington, about 1400. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.

The operator reported that the instructional flight had departed with no known destination or flight plan. The United States Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) received a 406 mhz Emergency Locator Transmission (ELT) from an unregistered source at 1529 PDT with a location near the accident site. Washington Air Search and Rescue (WASAR) responded to the reported ELT location. Additionally, at 1548 PDT, a Delta Airline flight received a radio transmission from the accident flight stating they had crashed.

The wreckage was subsequently located and both pilots were hoisted from the accident site and transported to a local hospital.

The accident site was located .4 NM southwest of Mount Christie, at an elevation of 4,700 feet MSL. The accident site is located inside the Olympic National Forest.

The airplane wreckage will be recovered for further examination.

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