# Accident 19950903027669A: Cessna TR182, Culdesac, ID, September 3, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1995
- Place: Culdesac, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 46.3749° N, 116.6701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Culdesac, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3749&lon=-116.6701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950903027669A

## Narrative

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

ON ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD, NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED, PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND. (.19)ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1993, APPROXIMATELY 1645 PDT, N456DJ, A CESSNA TR-182RG, WAS SUSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR CULDESAC, IDAHO, AFTER A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE.  THE COMMERICAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  A VFR FLGIHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH HAD ORIGINATED AT MOOSE CREEK AIRSTRIP, IN IDAHO WITH A DESTINATION OF LEWISTON, IDAHO.  THE ELT ACTUATED AND WAS TURNED OFF AT THE SCENE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PARTIALLY FUELED THE AIRCRAFT AT LEWISON TWO DAYS EARILER, AND HAD FLOWN INTO THE IDAHO BACK COUNTRY, WITH CAMPING AND FISHING STOPS AT FISH LAKE, SHEARER AIRSTRIP, A RETURN TO FISH LAKE, AND MOOSE CREEK.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD DIP-CHECKED THE FUEL AT FISH LAKE PRIOR TO FLYING TO MOOSE CREEK, AND HAD 43 GALLONS ON BOARD AT THAT TIME.  HOURMETER RECORDINGS INDICATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN 1.6 TO 1.7 HOURS SINCE THE SECOND TAKEOFF AT FISH LAKE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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