# Incident 19780208007749I: Cessna 182, Boise, ID, February 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1978, 15:10 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6135° N, 116.2035° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boise, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6135&lon=-116.2035&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2886Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2886Y-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780208007749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR SHIMMIED, THEN BROKE OFF AT TOP OF FORK ATTACHMENT. BROKE IN AN OLD CRACK. (-23) ON 8/28/99 AT APPROX. 1345 MDT, CESSNA MODEL 182, N2886Y IMPACTED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN APPROX. 30 MILES NORTH OF RYEGATE, MT. IN THE BIG SNOWY MOUNTAINS. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A HEADING OF 335 DEGREES MAGNETIC WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES AND MOUNTAIN SIDE. THE ELEVATION WAS 6950 FT. THE TERRAIN WAS 12 DEGREES AT THE AIRCRAFT RESTING SITE. ASOS WEATHER IN LEWISTON, MT. INDICATED BROKEN LAYERS AT 1400' AND 1900', OVERCAST AT 6500 FT. AND LOCAL WITNESSES STATED THERE WAS FOG IN THE AREA LATER THAT AFTERNOON.

## Other reports on N2886Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990828044479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828044479A), Aug 28, 1999: Cessna 182E (N2886Y), Ryegate, MT, No damage, 4 fatal. (-23) On 8/28/99 at approx. 1345 MDT, a Cessna model 182, N2886Y impacted mountain terrain approx. 30 miles north of Ryegate, MT. In the big snowy mountains.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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