- Date
- October 16, 1964
- Place
- Fish Lake, ID · FISH LAKE, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1687ZCessna 185A
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181807
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0845 64/10/16 FISH LAKE IDAHO CESSNA 185A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1200 TIME - 0840 N1687Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - USFS FISH LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF WITH KNOWN HEAVY CRUSTEDICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ON AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1687Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Usfs Fish Lake
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