# Accident 19960808021269A: Cessna 182P, St Anthony, ID, August 8, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1996, 21:15 local time
- Place: St Anthony, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9806° N, 111.7904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9806&lon=-111.7904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9136M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9136M-1999-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 139 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960808021269A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICINB TOUCH AN GO LANDINGS AT HIS UNLIGHTED PRIVATE DIRT AIRSTRIP. SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET HIS FAMILY NOTED HIM MISSING. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A 300 FOOT DEEP GULLY ADJACENT AND PARRALLED TO THE AIRSRTIP EARLY THE NEXT MORING. THE PILOT WAS FOUND FATALLY INJURED 10 FEET FROM THE WRECKAGE. INVESTIGATORS FOUND A SET OF TRACKS CURVING OFF THE EDGE OF THE AIRSTRIP TOWARD THE GULLY. ALONG WITH BROKEN PIECES OF WINGTIP FAIRING. THE TRACK EXTENDED OFF THE AIRSTRIP EDGE DOWN SLOPE FOR 400 FEET AND TERMINATED. THE AIRCRAFAT WRECKAGE WAS ROUGHLY ALIGNED WITH THESE TRACKS ALTHOUGH A SECOND SCAR GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WAS FOUND RUNNING DOWN THE SLOPE NEAR THE BOTTOM, ADJACENT TO THE WRECKAGE. INVESTIGATORS DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MALFUNCATIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT DID FIND THE AIRCRAFTS SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS UNFASTEDED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO, OR FAILURE OF, THE SEAT BELT OF BUCKLE. THE PILOTS SON REPORTED THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN TAKING PONDEMUN AND FASTUM (SIC) DIET PILLS.

## 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 SEA96FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA182), Aug 8, 1996: Cessna 182P (N9136M), St. Anthony, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a landing attempt. Factors included: probable dusk lighting conditions and no lights on the airstrip. Conributing to the pilot's injury…

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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