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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177RG · Murphy, ID · May 14, 1985

Date
May 14, 1985 · 06:36 local
Place
Murphy, ID
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1815Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA85FA113
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,220 total0 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Collided with mountainous terrain. Obscured tops and frontal activity a factor for the VFR pilot.

As the FAA filed it

COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. OBSCURED TOPS AND FRONTAL ACTIVITY A FACTOR FOR THE VFR PILOT.

NTSB investigation

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