Cessna A185F accident near Lucile, ID
On November 6, 2001, a Cessna A185F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lucile, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 6, 2001
- Place
- Lucile, ID
- Aircraft
- Cessna A185F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 45.487°N, 116.324°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011120X02266
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 5, 2001, approximately 1800 mountain standard time, a Cessna A185F airplane, N61909, registered to Seubert Enterprises Inc. of Cottonwood, Idaho, and being flown by a private pilot (the owner of Seubert Enterprises), departed McCall, Idaho, for a planned 45-minute flight to Cottonwood. When the aircraft failed to arrive at Cottonwood, a concerned family member reported the aircraft as missing, and a search for the aircraft was initiated. The wreckage of N61909 was located the following day, November 6, 2001, on a slope in the Salmon River/U.S. highway 95 canyon approximately 3 nautical miles south-southwest of Lucile, Idaho. The aircraft was found to have been destroyed by impact forces, and the pilot, who was the airplane's sole occupant, was found fatally injured. Based on the accident aircraft's departure time of 1800 from McCall, the performance characteristics of the accident aircraft, and the distance from McCall to the crash site, the estimated time of the accident was about 1820. Visual meteorological conditions (few clouds at 5,500 feet, 10 miles visibility) were reported at McCall at 1750, and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR 91 flight. The accident occurred during dark night conditions at approximately 45 degrees 29.2 minutes North latitude and 116 degrees 19.4 minutes West longitude. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The 1750 Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) hourly METAR observation at McCall, Idaho (elevation 5,050 feet, about 36 nautical miles south-southeast of the accident site) reported conditions there as: wind from
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude above, and/or clearance with, mountainous terrain during night visual flight rules flight. Factors included mountainous terrain and dark night light conditions.
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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.
