# Accident 19930920036179A: Cessna 180B, Mullen, ID, September 20, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1993, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mullen, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4609° N, 115.7408° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4609&lon=-115.7408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N985DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N985DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA93FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93FA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930920036179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A HIGHWAY PASS IN SNOW FOG AND LOW CEILING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA93FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93FA206), Sep 20, 1993: Cessna 180B (N985DB), Mullan, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR IN FLIGHT DECISION, AND HIS INADVERTENT CONTINUATION OF A VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS INCLUDE LOW CEILINGS, SNOW, FOG, RAIN, AND MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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