- Date
- September 3, 1988, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dixie, ID
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5085ECessna 180B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880903036889A
- Case key
- 40877
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final apch to land at the high alt arpt, the plt elected to go around & land at a slower speed. He rprtd that as he neared the rwy on the 2nd apch, the acft enctrd a sudden wind shear, which caused it to drop & bank to the left. Subsequently, the left wing struck a tree & the acft crashed. The density alt at the arpt was computed to be aprx 9000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5085E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18050385
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Philip K. Boukather
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- U79
- Destination
- Dixie, ID
- Airport
- Dixie Town, runway 36, 2,300 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,640 total · 376 in this make and model · 53 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.