THE DTSB
Pending. Aircraft hit unmarked powerlines while performing a water landing on the Columbia river.
C-FITAQP: 7a) TERRAIN COLLISION – POWERLINES
Cessna 195 | N3877V
- DTSB analysis published
Key facts
- DateJune 24, 2026
- Local time3:30 PM
- LightDay
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightManeuvering
- People on board2
- Fatalities2
Accident Location
- City, State
- Pasco, Washington
- Latitude
- 46.219364
- Longitude
- -119.106983
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N3877V
- Make
- Cessna
- Model
- 195
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Sea
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Randy J. Peterson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Certification
- Private Pilot
- IFR rating
- No
- Medical
- 2nd Class Medical
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 2
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Passenger fatalities
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 2
- NTSB travel
- Unknown
- AQP category
- 7a) TERRAIN COLLISION – POWERLINES →
Probable Cause
NTSB
None yet (final report not yet published).
Recommendation
THE DTSB
Pending.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
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