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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna STC182 · Stibnite, ID · August 30, 1986

Date
August 30, 1986 · 11:50 local
Place
Stibnite, ID
Airport
Indian Creek
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8778X
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA86LA235
Reported as
Cessna STC182
Reported engine
Continental O470L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
380 total199 in this make and model36 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.

The aircraft stalled and impacted a ridge in mountainous terrain. Downdrafts and density altitude are factors.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED A RIDGE IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. DOWNDRAFTS AND DENSITY ALTITUDE ARE FACTORS.

NTSB investigation

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