- Date
- November 26, 1981
- Place
- Payette, OR · PAYETTE, OR
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9710HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811126076769A
- Case key
- 122957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3026 81/11/26 NR.PAYETTE,ID CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1821 N9710H PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEISER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TWIN FALLS,ID WEISER,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE REMARKS- STRUCK TRRN AT 2900FT ELEV DRG DSCNT TO ARPT AT 2112FT MSL,DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9710H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Weiser Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
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