# Accident 20030315003959A: Cessna 501, Hailey, ID, March 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2003, 14:15 local time
- Place: Hailey, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4475° N, 114.0019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4475&lon=-114.0019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70FJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70FJ-2003-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 501 (registry code 2076603, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 80 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030315003959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CE-501 DEPARTED SLC ENROUTE SUN. SLC CENTER ISSUED INITIAL APPROACH CLEARANCE TO FL190, THEN A DESCENT TO 15,000. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED DIRECT TO THE INITIAL APPROACH FIX FOR THE RNAV APPROACH AND TOLD TO EXPECT APPROACH CLEARANCE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT NORDO AND RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THE WRECKAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT DAY, WITH EVIDENCE OF HIGH-SPEED GROUND IMPACT. ALL THREE OCCUPANTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 SEA03FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03FA045), Mar 15, 2003: Cessna 501 (N70FJ), Carey, ID, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot incapacitation for unknown reasons.

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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