Cessna 172D accident near Mountain Home, ID
On September 19, 2004, a Cessna 172D (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mountain Home, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 19, 2004
- Place
- Mountain Home, ID
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172D · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.205°N, 115.517°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040923X01484
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 19, 2004, about 1730, mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172D, N2650U, registered to and operated by Mountain Home Aviation as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided with mountainous terrain about ten nautical miles northeast of Mountain Home, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the private pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The aircraft departed from Mountain Home Municipal, Mountain Home, between 1600 to 1700. The operator of the aircraft reported that the pilot checked out the aircraft without authorization or entering his name on the schedule sheet. When the pilot did not return home that night, a family member contacted the operator to report the overdue pilot and aircraft. A search of the area was initiated and the wreckage was located on September 20, 2004, about 1430. During a telephone interview with the NTSB Investigator-in-Charge on September 22, an individual traveling south on Highway 20, about 1600, and about one mile north of the Rattle Snake Historic Marker, reported that he observed a red/white high wing, single engine aircraft "flying very low, no higher than 75 feet above the ground." This person watched the aircraft flying, "very aggressively, into and out of the canyon, "pulling up steeply, then back down into the canyon." The person also observed the aircraft make, "high banking turns, low to the ground." This person reported that the weather was partly cloudy, with a "little wind, but not
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from high terrain while maneuvering. High terrain was a factor.
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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.
