Cessna 182P accident near St. Anthony, ID
On August 8, 1996, a Cessna 182P (airplane) was involved in an accident near St. Anthony, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 8, 1996
- Place
- St. Anthony, ID
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.981°N, 111.790°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06612
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT Sometime between 2115 mountain daylight time on August 7, 1996 and 0347 on August 8, 1996, a Cessna 182P, N9136M, registered to M and B Enterprises of St. Anthony, Idaho, was noted missing by the pilot's family. According to the pilot's son, the recently certificated private pilot/aircraft owner had been practicing "touch-and-go" landings at his private airstrip east of St. Anthony. No flight plan had been filed for the local 14 CFR 91 flight. The substantially damaged aircraft wreckage was found by family members at the bottom of an approximately 300-foot-deep gully paralleling the airstrip on the morning of the 8th. The pilot, who had been the aircraft's only occupant, was found fatally injured approximately 10 feet from the aircraft wreckage. Idaho Falls, Idaho, approximately 38 nautical miles southwest of the accident site, reported visual meteorological conditions with light to calm winds during this time period. The accident occurred at an undetermined time between sunset on August 7 and sunrise on August 8 (see Meteorological Information below), at approximately 43 degrees 56.1 minutes North and 111 degrees 29.2 minutes West. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot received his private pilot certificate on March 18, 1996. According to his pilot logbook, which his son furnished to investigators after the accident, the majority of his flight time had been logged in the accident aircraft. The pilot had logged 3 total hours of night time (none as pilot-in-command and none within the last 90 days) and had not logged any flight time since June 5, 1996, but his lo
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a landing attempt. Factors included: probable dusk lighting conditions and no lights on the airstrip. Conributing to the pilot's injury severity was his failure to fasten his seat belt and shoulder harness.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
