- Date
- December 26, 1972
- Place
- Gooding, ID · GOODING, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20785Cessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3871 72/12/26 GOODING,ID CESSNA 182P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 345 TIME - 1712 N20785 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOODING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IDAHO FALLS,ID BOISE,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 20000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- HIT PWR LINE WIRES 104FT BELOW RWY ELEV,1818FT SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20785
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gooding Muni
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