- Date
- May 10, 1986, 15:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Smiths Ferry, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N91184Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860510016879A
- Case key
- 40403
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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 returning to home base from a business flight on which he delivered parts to company personnel. The acft was observed flying down the north fork of the river at low altitude with its wings dipping. Aprx one mile after entering the canyon, the acft collided with powerlines spanning the river at an alt of 70 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91184
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261963
- Engine
- Continental O-470R-25A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Yanke Machine Shop, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- 1U4 · New Meadows, ID
- Destination
- BOI · Boise, ID
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,452 total · 205 in this make and model · 3,276 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.