19850713031109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172F · Idaho City, ID · July 13, 1985

Date
July 13, 1985 · 20:50 local
Place
Idaho City, ID
Airport
Idaho City
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8655U
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA85LA164
Reported as
Cessna 172F
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
55 total3 in this make and model5 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 after takeoff into area of high terrain. Density altitude a factor in near gross aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES AFTER TAKEOFF INTO AREA OF HIGH TERRAIN. DENSITY ALTITUDE A FACTOR IN NEAR GROSS AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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