- Date
- January 3, 1983, 09:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Hailey, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N805CCanadair CL-600-1A11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19830103000049A
- Case key
- 15775
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed into the side of a mountain ridge during a VFR attempt to land at an arpt with no instrument approach. The mountain ridge was obscured by broken clounds. The plt had cancelled his IFR clearance, & during the descent to the arpt, he had descended below clouds near the arpt with clouds still obscuring some of the terrain. One mile visibility was a requirement for the VFR approach. According to witness statements, the acft continued to remain below the clouds & the plt continued the approach even though he was not properly positioned to make a successful landing. The plt had a partial occlusion of a coronary artery, but its relationship to the accident was not determined. The acft impacted at about 6250 ft MSL. The field elevation is 5315 ft MSL. The accident site was about 2 1/2 mi from the arpt. The arpt was located in a mountain valley about 1 to 1.25 mi wide. Also, the arpt & surrounding terrain were covered with snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N805C
- Reported as
- Canadair CL-600-1A11 (CL-600-1A1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1037
- Engine
- Lycoming ALF-502-L2, 7,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- DEC · Decator, IL
- Destination
- SUN · Friedman Memor., ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SUN · Friedman Memorial, runway 31, 6,600 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 19,239 total · 57 in this make and model · 19,000 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.