# Accident 20070614010909A: Cessna 172B, Yellow Pine, ID, June 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2007, 09:00 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0458° N, 115.4567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0458&lon=-115.4567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6233E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6233E-2007-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070614010909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN DEPARTING YELLOW PINE, (3U2) ON JUNE 14, 2007 AT 0910. ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGER AND LONE SURVIVOR OF THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED A SHORT TIME LATER ABOUT 7 MILES NW OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE PILOT OPERATED HIS AIRCRAFT INTO THE WRONG DRAINAGE AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT UNTIL THE TERRAIN WAS CLIMBING FASTER THAN THE ABILITY OF HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO ROCKS AND TREES ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. THE COUPLE WERE NOT MISSED UNTIL JUNE 16, 2006. A SEARCH WAS STARTED AND THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON JUNE 17, 2007. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES BUT THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. DURING THE POST CRASH INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ELT, AN EBC MODEL 102A, HAD NEVER ACTIVATED. THE SWITCH WAS IN THE ARM POSITION AND THE BATTERY CHECKED OK. THE ELT WAS MOUNTED ON THE PILOT SIDE DOOR FRAME AFT OF THE PILOT.

## 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 SEA07FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA165), Jun 14, 2007: Cessna 172 (N6233E), Yellow Pine, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of the wrong routing through mountainous terrain and his failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance.

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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