- Date
- December 27, 1964
- Place
- Swan Valley, ID · SWAN VALLEY, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7026ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0841 64/12/27 SWAN VALLEY IDAHO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N7026A PX- 0 1 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT TURNED BACK BUT GENERAL WX,MOUNTAINS AND DARKNESS CAUSED HIM TO DECIDE ON PRECAUTIONARY LDG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7026A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7026ARegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2020 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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