# NTSB SEA66F0209: Cessna 172D, N2796U, Twin Falls, ID, February 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 12, 1966
- Place: Twin Falls, ID · TWIN FALLS, ID
- Location: 42.5641° N, 114.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5641&lon=-114.4609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66F0209
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66F0209

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0284  66/2/12    TWIN FALLS ID       CESSNA 172D         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1130                    N2796U              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 37, 4000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JOSLIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2796U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2796U-1991-02-25), registration cancelled 1991-02-25, S/N 17250396 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Joslin

## Other investigations on N2796U (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 CHI90FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA026), Nov 15, 1989: Cessna 172D (N2796U), Mt Morris, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND THE OVERCONFIDENCE AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE OF THE PILOT.

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.

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