# NTSB SEA85LA057: Cessna 172, N3056V, Boise, ID, February 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 10, 1985, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Boise, ID
- Location: 43.5644° N, 116.2229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOISE AIR TRML/GOWEN FLD (BOI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5644&lon=-116.2229&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40113
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40113/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA057

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object - fence
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING ON THE RAMP AFTER LANDING, THE RIGHT WING OF THE ACFT STRUCK A JET BLAST FENCE. THE PLT STATED TWO LINEMEN WERE GUIDING THE ACFT AT THE TIME.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3056V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17250656
- Airframe hours: 3300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Billy W Cox
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1985
- Departed: ELY, ELY, NV
- Destination: SFF, SPOKANE, WA
- Airport: BOI, Terminal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,170 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BOI

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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