# Accident 20180513005329A: Cessna 182G, Smiths Ferry, ID, May 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2018, 12:08 local time
- Place: Smiths Ferry, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2400° N, 116.0733° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2400&lon=-116.0733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2377R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2377R-2019-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 324 total, 230 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180513005329A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BOI AT 1208 DIRECT MYL. PILOT FAMILY CALLED AUTHORITIES TO REPORT HIS MISSING ARRIVAL TO MCCALL. PILOT AND AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND NEAR SMITHS FERRY, IDAHO OFF OF FOREST SERVICE ROAD IN RURAL FORESTED AREA. PILOT WAS EJECTED AND DECEASED. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. IMPACT APPEARED TO BE HIGH VELOCITY AND HIGH ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK A TREE WITH ITS LEFT WING AND MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THEN IMPACTED GROUND. AIRCRAFT RESTING SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT. AVIATION WEATHER REPORTING IS NOT AVAILABLE BETWEEN BOISE, IDAHO AND MCCALL, IDAHO. LOCAL INTERVIEW REPORTED FOG HEAVY TO THE GROUND IN AND AROUND SMITHS FERRY, IDAHO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTERMITTENT THROUGH THE REGION. AN INTERVIEW OF THE PILOT'S FRIEND REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD A KNOWN ROUTE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN BOISE, ID AND MCCALL, ID FOR BAD WEATHER. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT'S GIRLFRIEND REVEALED THAT HIS WINDOW FOR DEPARTURE WAS DIMINISHING DUE TO POOR POSSIBLE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT LOGBOOKS WERE LOCATED AT ACCIDENT SITE. MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOVERED YET AND MAINTENANCE STATUS IS UNKNOWN.

## 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 WPR18FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA141), May 13, 2018: Cessna 182G (N2377R), Cascade, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's improper decision to initiate a visual flight rules flight into an area with low ceilings due to mountain obscuration, which resulted in controlled flight into…

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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