# NTSB SEA86LA122: Cessna 182P, N91184, Smiths Ferry, ID, May 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1986, 15:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place: Smiths Ferry, ID
- Coordinates: 44.589916, -115.570205 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5899&lon=-115.5702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40403/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA122

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91184-1988-12-01), registration cancelled 1988-12-01, S/N 18261963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18261963
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860510016879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860510016879A), May 10, 1986: Cessna 182P, Smiths Ferry, ID, Destroyed. Struck powerlines while at low altitude over a river. Impacted tree and ground on river bank.

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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