# NTSB SEA86LA097: Cessna 180K, N644FM, Emigrant Pass, NV, April 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 8, 1986, 17:14 local (Apr 9, 1986, 01:14 UTC)
- Place: Emigrant Pass, NV
- Coordinates: 40.538875, -116.39124 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5389&lon=-116.3912&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA097

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, descent
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather evaluation - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission
  - visual lookout - reduced, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N644FM), registered now, S/N 18052859 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052859
- Airframe hours: 925
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860408010539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860408010539A), Apr 8, 1986: Cessna 180K, Emigrant Pass, NV, Substantial damage. Struck power lines during landing on road. Severed portion of vertical stabilizer. VFR not recommended in area.

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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