# NTSB SEA80FA003: Cessna 182L, N42641, Macks Inn, ID, October 15, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 15, 1979
- Place: Macks Inn, ID · MACKS INN, ID
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 14, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133472
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80FA003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2677  79/10/15 NR.MACKS INN,ID       CESSNA 182L         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 217
        TIME - 0645                    N42641              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 88 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BOZEMAN,MT                  BOISE,ID
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
        REMARKS- SPARSLEY LIGHTED REMOTE SITE. RECOVERY DATE 10/16/79.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42641](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42641-2014-10-06), registration cancelled 2014-10-06, S/N 18259118, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19791015030149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791015030149A), Oct 15, 1979: Cessna 182L, Macks Inn, ID, Destroyed. Flew into snow & fog area. Lost control of aircraft. Impacted ground in vertical high speed dive.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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