Cessna 172F N8219U accident near Battle Ground, Washington, September 26, 2025
Cessna 172F, registration N8219U, was involved in an accident near Battle Ground, Washington on September 26, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as fatal, with 1 people on board. Case WPR25FA294 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 28 minutes of the flight after departing the Scappoose Ind Arpk area (KSPB), reaching a maximum of 2,700 ft. The last recorded position was at 20:06 UTC, at 300 ft and 105 knots, descending at 832 feet per minute, about 23 km from Scappoose Ind Arpk (KSPB).
The nearest weather report, from KSPB (23 km away), showed wind variable° at 3 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Cessna 172F registered in United States (Mode S AB3838).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- September 26, 2025
- Location
- Battle Ground, Washington
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172F
- Registration
- N8219U
- Injuries
- Fatal (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- WPR25FA294 (In work)
- Departure area
- Scappoose Ind Arpk (KSPB)
- Nearest airport
- Scappoose Ind Arpk (KSPB)
- Recorded flight
- 28 min, max 2,700 ft
- Last recorded position
- 20:06 UTC, 300 ft, 105 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case WPR25FA294; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.