# Accident 19980917036749A: Cessna 182B, Yellow Pine, ID, September 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1998, 12:00 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Airport: Johnson Creek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0203° N, 115.5202° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0203&lon=-115.5202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7179E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7179E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 180 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980917036749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) RECEIVED A CALL FROM ROC ASKING ME TO CALL MR. MIKE SMITH, PART OWNER OF THE N7179E. MR. SMITH INFORMED ME N7179E HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. MR. SMITH STATED HE HAD INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE INCLUDING WRINKLES IN THE BELLY, CENTER TUNNEL BROKEN AND THE CONTROL LOCK COULD NOT BE INSTALLED. I INSPECTED THE N7179E AT WESTERN AIRCRAFT, INC. AND CONFIRMED THE DAMAGE. I COMPLETED FAA FORM 8620-1 AIRCRAFT CONDITION NOTICE AND ATTACHED IT TO THE LEFT CABIN DOOR HANDLE. AFTER INTERVIEWING A MR. JIM FULTZ, HE INFORMED ME HE HAD A HARD LANDING AT VINES, ID. MR. FULTZ STATED HE THEN TOOK OFF FROM VINES AND FLEW TO HIS PERSONAL AIRSTRIP AT HIS HOME IN MIDDLETON, ID. MR. FULTZ HAD THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTED BY MR. MIKE BRACKE AND IA WHO INFORMED MR. FULTZ OF THE DAMAGE AND ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS WERE REQUIRED. MR. FULTZ THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO SHORE AND SHORE AVIATION AT CALWELD, ID AND JIM SHORE INSPECTED AND ALSO INFORMED HIM OF THE DAMAGE. MR. FULTZ THEN FLEW TO BOISE, ID AND PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AT IT'S TIE DOWN.

## 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 SEA98LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA194), Sep 17, 1998: Cessna 182B (N7179E), Big Creek, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: An animal (cow elk) that had wandered onto the airport.

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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