- Date
- November 6, 1982, 17:15 local (Nov 7, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Near Irwin, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5271ECessna 180B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71873
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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 pilot and two passengers were on a local flight to spot moose. While flying low with the flaps extended, the aircraft collided with trees on rising terrain, then impacted on the ground and burned. Initial impact occurred with a 75 ft tall tree, about 60 ft above the ground. Neither of the surviving passengers recalled hearing a stall warning horn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5271E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50571
- Airframe hours
- 2,848
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Albert Erwin Ellis
- Registered owner
- Albert Erwin Ellis
- Departed
- Alpine, AL
- Destination
- Alpine, AL
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 870 total · 749 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
Other investigations on N5271E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.