- Date
- July 11, 1978
- Place
- Riggins, ID · RIGGINS, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73819Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780711018049A
- Case key
- 141232
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1483 78/7/11 NR.RIGGINS,ID CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N73819 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 40, 3554 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPOKANE,WA RIGGINS,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 80 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LND ON BLOCKED OFF HIWAY. TERRAIN PRECLUDED GO AROUND. HIT PARKED CAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73819
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- 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.