Cessna 182M accident near Atlanta, ID
On June 3, 2009, a Cessna 182M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Atlanta, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 3, 2009
- Place
- Atlanta, ID
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.936°N, 115.152°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090609X15233
Official records · WPR09FA282
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 3, 2009, about 1421 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182M, N70946, collided with mountainous terrain approximately 10 miles north of Atlanta, Idaho. The private pilot operated the airplane under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The pilot was killed, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The personal flight originated from Boise, Idaho, around 1400. A review of radar data identified a tracking starting at 1401, 10 miles northeast of the Boise airport at 7,400 feet mean sea level (msl). The tracking continued on a steady northeasterly course at an elevation of 8,200 feet msl. During the last 2 minutes of the data the track increased in altitude to 8,700 feet msl. The final radar return occurred at 1421, at 8,600 feet msl, and was in the immediate vicinity of where the airplane wreckage was located. The highest terrain elevation in the vicinity of the wreckage is 9,580 feet msl. Two portable global positioning system (GPS) units (Garmin 196 and a Garmin 396) were recovered from the wreckage and sent to the Safety Board Vehicle Recorder Laboratory for data recovery. The Garmin 196 contained no data for the accident flight. The Garmin 396 recovered GPS tracklog contained corrupted time data, but position, altitude, ground speed, and heading data files remained uncorrupted. The track starts at the Boise airport, and proceeds on a direct northeast course at 8,350 feet msl. About 2 minutes from the end, the track increases in altitude to 8,89
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance during cruise flight.
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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.
