# NTSB SEA91LA125: Cessna C-182A, N3767D, Buhl, ID, June 2, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1991, 21:00 local (Jun 2, 1991, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Buhl, ID
- Coordinates: 42.599269, -114.839279 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5993&lon=-114.8393&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 8, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41444
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA91LA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41444/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA125

## Probable cause

THE INTENTIONAL HIGH SPEED BUZZING BY THE PILOT, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM OBSTACLES ON THE GROUND.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - buzzing - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT IMPACTED AN ELECT WIRE WHILE THE PILOT WAS FLYING LOW LEVEL AT 150 MPH.  THE ACFT DESCENDED, STRUCK A FENCE, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3767D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3767D-2012-06-26), registration cancelled 2012-06-26, S/N 34467, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18234467
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ivan A. Schroeder
- Registered owner: Ivan A. Schroeder
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: U03, BUHL, ID

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,500 total, 350 in this make and model, 1,500 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TWF, 15 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 19910601018629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910601018629A), Jun 1, 1991: Cessna 182A, Buhl, ID, Substantial damage. Struck powerline while maneuvering at an unsafe altitude.

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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