19840106000369A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Arco, ID · January 6, 1984

Date
January 6, 1984 · 12:45 local
Place
Arco, ID
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5216E
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA84FA036
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
2,610 total3 in this make and model9 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.

Pilot was attempting flight underneath weather and aircraft crashed into rising terrain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING FLIGHT UNDERNEATH WEATHER AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO RISING TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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