- Date
- October 17, 1976
- Place
- Cottonwood, ID · COTTONWOOD, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8713XCessna 182D
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761017034019A
- Case key
- 155942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3273 76/10/17 COTTONWOOD,ID CESSNA 182D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 755 TIME - 1630 N8713X PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA COTTONWOOD,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UNABLE TO RESTORE PWR AFTR PWR-OFF DESCENT WITHOUT CARB HT.LNDD IN PLOWED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8713X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cottonwood
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8713X · 1
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