# Accident 20030425007209A: Cessna 182, Mccall, ID, April 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Mccall, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9084° N, 116.1125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCall, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9084&lon=-116.1125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5595B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5595B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030425007209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OPERATED ABOVE OVERCAST AND BECAME TRAPPED ON TOP. HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE CLOUDS AND THE AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME ICED UP. HE SOON LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO A SPIRAL TOWARD THE GROUND. WHEN HE BROKE OUT, HE FOUND HIMSELF OVER A LAKE. HE REGAINED CONTROL AND TRIED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE AREA OF THE LAKE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH ICE AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF A STALL AT FULL POWER. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ALONG THE SHORELINE OF THE LAKE IN ABOUT 12 FEET OF SNOW. THE LEFT MAIN MOUNT WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND IT FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE TOP AS IT DUG THROUGH THE SNOW. PILOT SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES AND FACIAL CUTS.

## 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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