ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41730
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1996 |
| Time: | 22:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182P |
| Owner/operator: | M And B Enterprises |
| Registration: | N9136M |
| MSN: | 18264696 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2310 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Anthony, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings at his unlighted private dirt airstrip. Shortly after sunset, his family noted him missing. The aircraft wreckage was found at the bottom of a 300-foot-deep gully adjacent and parallel to the airstrip early the next morning. The pilot was found fatally injured 10 feet from the wreckage. Investigators found a set of tracks curving off the edge of the airstrip toward the gully, along with broken pieces of wingtip fairing; the track extended off the airstrip edge down slope for 400 feet and terminated. The aircraft wreckage was roughly aligned with these tracks although a second ground scar going the opposite direction was found running down the slope near the bottom, adjacent to the wreckage. Investigators did not find any evidence of preimpact malfunctions of the aircraft, but did find the aircraft's seat belt and shoulder harness unfastened with no evidence of damage to, or failure of, the seat belt or buckle. The pilot's son reported that the pilot had been taking 'Pondemun and Fastum' [sic] diet pills.
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA96FA182
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Apr-2024 05:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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