# Accident 19990612046919A: Cessna 182R, Enterprise, OR, June 12, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1999, 17:35 local time
- Place: Enterprise, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7198° N, 117.2200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7198&lon=-117.2200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9458H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9458H-2000-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99GA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99GA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990612046919A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 12, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1635 PDT, N9458H, A CESSNA 182 AIRPLANE REGISTERED TO CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP), INC. DEPARTED THE BAKER CITY, OR )BKE) ON A SCHEDULED 1.5 HOUR SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TRAINING MISSION (MISSION NUMBER CAPF3619). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY CHARLES J. THOMAS, A COMMERICAL PILOT.  EMIL VEERM, A COMMERICAL PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS ON-BOARD ACTING AS A "MOUNTAIN FLYING MENTOR".  THE ASSIGNED ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS TO BE A CONTOUR SEARCH PATTERN WHICH INCLUDED A SERIES OF CANYONS ALONG THE EAST BANK OF MINAM RIVER, APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES NORHT OF BKE.  THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO RETURN TO BKE AT THE SCHEDULED TIME.  A SEARCH FOR THE AIRCRAFT WAS INITITATED AND THE WRECKAGE OF N9458H WAS LOCATED ON JUNE 14, 1999.  THE CRASH SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CHAPARRAL CREEK CANYON ON THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AREA OF THE WALLOWA-WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST, APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE, OR.  A HELICOPTER SURVEY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS MADE ON JUNE 16, 1999.  THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED ON HEAVILY WOODED TERRAIN, AT APPROXIMATELY THE 5,500 MSL-FOOT LEVEL.  SEVERAL TREES WITH FRESHLY BROKEN TOPS WERE OBSERVED 70 TO 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE CRASH SITE.  THE WREC KAGE WAS OBSERVED AT THE BASE OF A TREE THAT HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE. THE ONLY INDENTIFIABLE PART OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS OBSERVED FROM THE AIR WAS THE EMPENNAGE.  IT APPEARED THAT FIRE HAD DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT ON IMPACT.

## 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 SEA99GA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99GA085), Jun 13, 1999: Cessna 182R (N9458H), Enterprise, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering in a canyon, and the mentor's failure to take adequate remedial action. Factors included box canyon terrain and high density…

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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