# NTSB SEA68A0044: Cessna 180H, N8234V, Coeur D-Alene, ID, January 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 2, 1968
- Place: Coeur D-Alene, ID · COEUR D-ALENE, ID
- Location: 47.7029° N, 116.7958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coeur d'Alene, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7029&lon=-116.7958&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 14, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112139
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68A0044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68A0044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8234V-1968-02-12), registration cancelled 1968-02-12, S/N 18051736 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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