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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180B · Irwin, ID · November 5, 1982

Date
November 5, 1982 · 17:30 local
Place
Irwin, ID
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5271E
Reported as
Cessna 180B
Reported engine
Continental O470K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
870 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Struck trees in slow flight while flying at tree top level to spot moose. Aircraft burned after ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES IN SLOW FLIGHT WHILE FLYING AT TREE TOP LEVEL TO SPOT MOOSE. AIRCRAFT BURNED AFTER GROUND IMPACT.