- Date
- August 5, 1980
- Place
- Salmon, ID · SALMON, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N184ZAero Comdr 500B
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1728 80/8/5 NR.SALMON,ID AERO COMDR 500B CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N184Z PX- 0 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 43, 8124 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 65 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALMON,ID MCCALL,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED 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 77 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT NOT EXPERIENCED IN FIXED-WING MOUNTAIN FLYING.RECOVERY DATE 8/6/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N184Z
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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