# NTSB SEA84LA230: Cessna R-182, N2386C, Mountain Home, ID, September 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1984, 19:00 local (Sep 19, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Mountain Home, ID
- Coordinates: 43.359104, -115.519119 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3591&lon=-115.5191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40012
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA230
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40012/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA230

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON A ROAD TO VISIT FRIENDS WHEN THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A GATE DURING THE ROLL. THE PILOT HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO LAND AT A NEARBY MUNICIPAL ARPT AFTER FLYING OVER THE FRIENDS HOUSE. DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO FLY OVER BUT TO LAND ON THE ROAD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2386C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2386C), registered now, S/N R18200173, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R-182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R-18200173
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-53C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Falcon Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BOI, BOISE, ID
- Destination: MUO, MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
- Airport: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 637 total, 3 in this make and model, 468 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MUO, 8 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840918051729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840918051729A), Sep 18, 1984: Cessna R182, Mountain Home, ID, Substantial damage. Landed on a road and struck a fence gate on the rollout. Pilot stated he forgot the gate was there.

## Other investigations on N2386C (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 DEN01LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA031), Dec 13, 2000: Cessna R182 (N2386C), Broomfield, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the dual student, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the dual student flaring the airplane prematurely, resulting in an…

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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