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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172G · Blackfoot, ID · August 1, 2026

Date
August 1, 2026 · 23:01 local
Place
Blackfoot, ID
Airport
Mccarley Fld
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1166F
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR26FA284
Reported as
Cessna 172G
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
158 total98 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Cessna 172G, privacy data omitted, was substantially damaged when during the takeoff roll the aircraft went off the runway near the eastern perimeter fence near the northeast corner of the airport causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot sustained fatal injuries and two passengers were seriously injured.

As the FAA filed it

CESSNA 172G, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY NEAR THE EASTERN PERIMETER FENCE NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.