# Accident 20180818015949A: Cessna 182Q, August 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2018, 11:40 local time
- Airport: Flying B Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9906° N, 114.7483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9906&lon=-114.7483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84CP-2021-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180818015949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FLYING B RANCH IDAHO(12ID) AND ON CLIMB OUT MADE A TURN UP A BOX CANYON.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO TURN AROUND OR CLIMB ABOVE THE TERRAIN.  PILOT RADIOED "I'M GOING IN, CRASHING".

ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT TOOK OFF BEHIND THEM SAW THEM LAND IN THE CANYON AND A FIRE STARTED SHORTLY AFTER.

PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE SEVERELY BURNED IN POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 WPR18LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA227), Aug 18, 2018: Cessna 182 (N84CP), Salmon, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with downdraft conditions, which resulted in a loss of altitude, and the pilot’s subsequent decision to conduct a precautionary landing into a stand of trees.

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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