- Date
- May 29, 1974
- Place
- Montpelier, ID · MONTPELIER, ID
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52559Cessna 182R
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740529020329A
- Case key
- 130230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2275 74/5/29 MONTPELIER,ID CESSNA 182R CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0505 N52559 PX- 3 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 29, 2757 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 141 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP POCATELLO,ID RETURN MONTPELIER,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 48 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 270 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TIMBER SURVEY & ELK COUNTING.HEAVILY LOADED.FLEW INTO NARROW VLY,RISING TRRN.DA 8500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52559
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.