# Accident 19800117001589A: Cessna 182Q, Murphy, ID, January 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1980, 20:50 local time
- Place: Murphy, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2121° N, 116.5485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murphy, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2121&lon=-116.5485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94839, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94839-2015-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,015 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800117001589A

## Narrative

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

EVIDENCE INDICATES AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN INTO SIDE OF MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT. POSSIBLY WHILE IN THE CLOUDS. PILOT ERROR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA80FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA016), Jan 17, 1980: Cessna 182Q (N94839), Murphy, ID, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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