- Date
- April 8, 1986, 17:14 local (Apr 9, 1986, 01:14 UTC)
- Place
- Emigrant Pass, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N644FMCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860408010539A
- Case key
- 40382
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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 plt was informed during a wx briefing that VFR flt was not recommended. The plt elected to takeoff regardless and encountered low ceilings and visibilities. While looking for an area of a highway to land the acft, pwr lines were contacted with the top of the vertical stabilizer. The plt then continued to an arpt where an uneventful landing was accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N644FM
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052859
- Airframe hours
- 925
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert R. Marble
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 12, 1985 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- EKO · Elko, NV
- Destination
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,019 total · 499 in this make and model · 928 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKO, 24 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.