- Date
- September 14, 1982, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mahoney Creek, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5157Gde Havilland DHC-II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820914046539A
- Case key
- 71545
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was observed flying over the strip in what appeared to be a normal downwind pattern. It crashed about 300 ft below windy ridge on the northwest face. The autopsy report indicated the plt had a "patchy healed myocardial infarct" prior to the accident. Microscopic examination supported occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis, left coronary artery. The plt had been under a stress program & taking medication for high blood pressure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5157G
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27
- Airframe hours
- 876
- Engine
- P & W R-985-39A, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- James F. Searles
- Registered owner
- James F. Searles
- Departed
- C · Challis, ID
- Destination
- C · Mahoney Creek, ID
- Airport
- 43 · Mahoney Creek Usfs, runway 21, 2,050 × 40 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 60 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 41 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.