# Accident 19940319006169A: Cessna 175, Currie, NV, March 19, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1994, 13:00 local time
- Place: Currie, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2666° N, 114.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Currie, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2666&lon=-114.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6727E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6727E-1996-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT GO300C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 150 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940319006169A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED ADVERSE WEATHER SCUD RUNING. ICED UP. ELECTED LAND ON ROAD. DUE ICE UNABLE. LANDED SAGEBRUSH. FLIPPED.

## 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 LAX94LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA169), Mar 19, 1994: Cessna 175 (N6727E), Currie, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's poor weather evaluation and continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions. The snow, mountain obscuration, and icing conditions were factors in this accident.

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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