- Date
- October 3, 1980
- Place
- Picabo, ID · PICABO, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6797MCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801003050499A
- Case key
- 129009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3015 80/10/3 PICABO,ID CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 453 TIME - 1330 N6797M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 257 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PICABO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOISE,ID PICABO,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- MISTOOK GRASS FLD FOR ARPT RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6797M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Picabo
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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.