# NTSB SEA83FYA01: Cessna 180B, N5271E, Near Irwin, ID, November 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1982, 17:15 local (Nov 7, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Near Irwin, ID
- Coordinates: 43.3302, -111.170005 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3302&lon=-111.1700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71873
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83FYA01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71873/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FYA01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5271E-1993-04-23), registration cancelled 1993-04-23, S/N 50571 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Registry model: [Cessna 180B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (registry code 2072606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 50571
- Airframe hours: 2848
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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)

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.

- [NTSB MKC73AK017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK017), Aug 24, 1972: Cessna 180B (N5271E), Anoka, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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