- Date
- March 7, 1983, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mccall, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N735VDCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39612
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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 impacted a rocky slope of a box canyon at the 6300 foot level. The weather was reported to be IMC with thunderstorms, overcast skies and the mountain tops obscured. The wreckage location was on a direct line between departure point and destination. All components of the acft were accounted for in the immediate wreckage area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735VD
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265711
- Airframe hours
- 1,320
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard E. Parks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 16, 1983 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- U82 · Council, ID
- Destination
- U70 · Cascade, ID
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 876 total · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at
- U70, 9 nm away