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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 175B · Springfield, ID · November 5, 1981

Date
November 5, 1981 · 21:42 local
Place
Springfield, ID
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8197T
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA82FA002
Reported as
Cessna 175B
Reported engine
Continental GO300*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total100 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Circled low over unlit Private strip. Hit wires, caught fire dived into grain storage shed. Auto lights on strip.

As the FAA filed it

CIRCLED LOW OVER UNLIT PRIVATE STRIP. HIT WIRES, CAUGHT FIRE DIVED INTO GRAIN STORAGE SHED. AUTO LIGHTS ON STRIP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.