# NTSB SEA82FA002: Cessna 175B, N8197T, Springfield, ID, November 5, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 5, 1981
- Place: Springfield, ID · SPRINGFIELD, ID
- Location: 43.0816° N, 112.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0816&lon=-112.6819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123354
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82FA002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2671   81/11/5 NR.SPRINGFIELD,ID     CESSNA 175B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 49, 500
        TIME - 2142                    N8197T              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          AMERICAN FALLS,ID          SPRINGFIELD,ID
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- STRUCK PWR LNS NR DEP END OF UNLGTD RWY,NGT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8197T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8197T-2012-11-09), registration cancelled 2012-11-09, S/N 17556897, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Registry model: [Cessna 175B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (registry code 2072506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Private

## 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 19811105072719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811105072719A), Nov 5, 1981: Cessna 175B, Springfield, ID, Destroyed. Circled low over unlit Private strip. Hit wires, caught fire dived into grain storage shed. Auto lights on strip.

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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