- Date
- August 31, 1986, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wallace, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4703BCessna 180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40303
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Vfr flight into imc - attemptedCause
Preflight briefing service - disregardedCause
In-flight briefing service - not usedCause
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - obscurationFactor
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Analysis
Plt received wx brief, advised VFR for proposed flt. Plt filed VFR flt plan and departed. Wreckage located 2 days later at crest of mountain pass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4703B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31601
- Airframe hours
- 4,894
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edgar E. Ribi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- 6S5 · Hamilton, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at
- S06, 5 nm away