- Date
- January 2, 1968
- Place
- Coeur D-Alene, ID · COEUR D-ALENE, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8234VCessna 180H
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112139
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0004 68/1/2 NR.COEUR D-ALENE,ID CESSNA 180H CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0927 N8234V PX- 0 2 0 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 43, 3615 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 356 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- STRUCK POWERLINE 250 FT ABOVE LAKE. JOINT FEDERAL-STATE WATERFOWL COUNT. CRASHED IN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8234V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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