- Date
- April 1, 1976
- Place
- Pocatello, ID · POCATELLO, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2925CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760401006749A
- Case key
- 153866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1180 76/4/1 NR.POCATELLO,ID CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1492 TIME - 1945 N2925C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1125 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,CO POCATELLO,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: PITOT SYSTEM SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: VACUUM SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F ICE FOG 28 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PITOT TUBE ICED UP,A/H UNRELIABLE.PLT LOST CTL.WINDSHIELD BLEW INTO COCKPIT.NOT ANTI-ICE EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2925C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.