- Date
- October 3, 1970
- Place
- American Falls, ID · AMERICAN FALLS, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29442Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3980 70/10/3 NR.AMERICAN FALLS,ID CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 98 TOTAL TIME - 0940 N29442 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HELENA,MONT LAS VEGAS,NEV SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INVEST DISCLOSED NO MALFUNCTION. LND ON NARROW SHORT ROAD TRAVERSING SURROUNDING LAVA BEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29442
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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