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NOTIFICATION REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO PORTLAND OR
230 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2008
TO: FORENSIC SERVICES MANAGER (W/OS52)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
C/O TELECOMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 20910
INFO: WESTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS
ATTN: W/WR1X2 AVIATION METEOROLOGIST
ALPHA: PILOT.......NONE
ACFT TYPE...C-172
REG NMBR....N828CC
BRAVO: LOCATION........GEARHART, OREGON
DATE............08/04/08
INCIDENT TIME...1348 UTC
CHARLIE: DETAILS OF ACCIDENT...PLANE WITH PILOT AND PASSENGER
CRASHED INTO A HOUSE IN GEARHART. FIVE PEOPLE WERE IN THE
HOUSE. PILOT AND PASSENGER PRESUMED DEAD. TWO CHILDREN
WERE FOUND DEAD IN THE HOUSE. THIRD CHILD IN THE HOUSE
PRESUMED DEAD.
7 VICTIMS
--2 PEOPLE ABOARD AIRCRAFT PRESUMED FATALITIES
--5 PEOPLE IN HOUSE (2 CONFIRMED FATALITIES, 1 PRESUMED
FATALITY, 2 INJURIES).
DELTA: ASTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KAST)
METAR KAST 041455Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC003 12/12 A3005 RMK AO2
SLP175 T01220122 53002
METAR KAST 041355Z AUTO 29003KT 5SM BR OVC003 12/12 A3005 RMK AO2 VIS 2
1/2 RWY 08 SLP174 T01220117
METAR KAST 041255Z AUTO 29004KT 6SM BR OVC003 12/12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172
T01220117
ECHO:
KAST 041126Z 041212 29006KT P6SM OVC005
TEMPO 1417 SCT006
FM1700 33010KT P6SM SKC
FM0400 28006KT P6SM SKC
KAST 040927Z 040906 29006KT P6SM OVC007
TEMPO 1012 BKN008
FM1200 VRB03KT P6SM FEW005
FM1800 33010KT P6SM SKC
FOXTROT: WINDS ALOFT BASED ON SLE 041200Z SOUNDING
1000 FT WND 03010 KTS
2000 FT WND 00512 KTS
3000 FT WND 02012 KTS
4000 FT WND 09008 KTS
6000 FT WND 13010 KTS
7000 FT WND 14009 KTS
8000 FT WND 14502 KTS
9000 FT WND 24503 KTS
12000 FT WND 25004 KTS
14000 FT WND 25506 KTS
16000 FT WND 31503 KTS
20000 FT WND 27008 KTS
25000 FT WND 27013 KTS
30000 FT WND 26517 KTS
GOLF:
WAUS46 KKCI 040845
WA6S
SFOS WA 040845
AIRMET SIERRA UPDT 1 FOR IFR VALID UNTIL 041500
.
AIRMET IFR...OR CA AND CSTL WTRS
FROM 50WSW OED TO 30SE FOT TO ENI TO 30E PYE TO 30NW RZS TO 40E
LAX TO 30ESE MZB TO 220SW MZB TO 140WSW FOT TO 50WSW OED
CIG BLW 010/VIS BLW 3SM BR/FG. ONSHORE CONDS CONTG BYD 15Z ENDG
18-21Z. ELSW CONDS CONTG BYD 15Z THRU 21Z.
.
AIRMET IFR...WA OR CA AND CSTL WTRS
FROM HUH TO 50SW YDC TO 40ESE SEA TO 50SSE HQM TO 50WSW OED TO
140WSW FOT TO 110WNW ONP TO 140W TOU TO 20NW TOU TO 40SSW HUH TO
HUH
CIG BLW 010/VIS BLW 3SM BR/FG. ONSHORE CONDS CONTG BYD 15Z ENDG
18-20Z. ELSW CONDS CONTG BYD 15Z THRU 21Z.
....
WAUS46 KKCI 040845
WA6T
SFOT WA 040845
AIRMET TANGO UPDT 1 FOR TURB VALID UNTIL 041500
.
NO SGFNT TURB EXP OUTSIDE OF CNVTV ACT.
....
WAUS46 KKCI 040845
WA6Z
SFOZ WA 040845
AIRMET ZULU UPDT 1 FOR ICE AND FRZLVL VALID UNTIL 041500
.
NO SGFNT ICE EXP OUTSIDE OF CNVTV ACT.
.
FRZLVL...RANGING FROM 095-160 ACRS AREA
120 ALG 20WNW HUH-20SSW HUH-40WSW EPH-30SSE EPH-70NNW DNJ
....
FAUS46 KKCI 041045
FA6W
SFOC FA 041045
SYNOPSIS AND VFR CLDS/WX
SYNOPSIS VALID UNTIL 050500
CLDS/WX VALID UNTIL 042300...OTLK VALID 042300-050500
WA OR CA AND CSTL WTRS
.
SEE AIRMET SIERRA FOR IFR CONDS AND MTN OBSCN.
TS IMPLY SEV OR GTR TURB SEV ICE LLWS AND IFR CONDS.
NON MSL HGTS DENOTED BY AGL OR CIG.
.
SYNOPSIS...ALF..WK ARE OF LOW PRES XTRM NWRN CA-SWRN OR-ADJC CSTL
WTRS FCST SLOWLY DRIFT SWWD OUT OF FA RGN 03-05Z. SFC..THERMAL
TROF ALG OR-CA CSTLN ONP-RZS FCST 05Z FOT-MOD-BZA.
.
WA CASCDS WWD
CSTL SXNS-INLAND VLYS...BKN-OVC010 TOP 030. OCNL VIS 3-5SM BR.
BECMG 1820 SCT010. OTLK...VFR.
PUGET SND...SKC. TIL 16Z OCNL SCT010 VIS 3-5SM BR. OTLK...VFR.
RMNDR...SKC. OTLK...VFR.
.
WA E OF CASCDS
SKC. OTLK...VFR.
.
OR CASCDS WWD
CSTLN...OVC010 TOP 030. VIS 3-5SM BR. BECMG 1719 SKC. WND N OCNL
G25KT. OTLK...VFR.
RMNDR...SKC. OTLK...VFR.
.
OR E OF CASCDS
SKC. SRN PTNS OCNL FU ALF. OTLK...VFR.
.
CSTL WTRS
WA-OR...OVC010 TOP 040-060. AREAS VIS 3-5SM BR. AFT 21Z OVC010-
015. OTLK...IFR CIG.
....
HOTEL: PER FAA INCIDENT REPORT WEATHER BRIEFING/DOCUMENTATION BY
SEA AFSS ON EVENING 8/3/08
PREPARED BY TYREE WILDE/JONATHAN WOLFE
FORECASTERS WFO PORTLAND OR
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