# Accident 19820914046539A: Dhav DHC2*, Mahoney Creek, ID, September 14, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1982, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mahoney Creek, ID
- Airport: Mahoney Creek Usf
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 45.0005° N, 113.8595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0005&lon=-113.8595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5157G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5157G-1983-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A (registry code 2800105, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-u-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2*
- Reported engine: PWA R98539A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820914046539A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A RIDGE ON APPROACH TO FOREST STRIP IN HILLY TERRAIN. PILOT HAD SEVERE CORONARY DISEASE.

## 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 SEA82FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA163), Sep 14, 1982: de Havilland DHC-II (N5157G), Mahoney Creek, ID, destroyed, 2 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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