Cessna 177RG N1815Q

Summary

On 14 May 1985 at about 12:36 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N1815Q was involved in an accident near Murphy, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 May 1985 at 12:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Murphy, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

43.0807, -116.5203

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N1815Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nampa → Hollister

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

SEA85FA113

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT RECEIVED A PREFLIGHT WX BRIEF INDICATING A RECENT FRONTAL PASSAGE IN THE AREA WITH STRONG WINDS AND TRUBULENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSHOWERS ALONG THE INITIAL ROUTE OF FLIGHT UNTIL CLEAR OF THE OWYHEE MOUNTAINS. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. RADAR TRACKED THE ACFT TARGET SOUTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE IT DISAPPEARED. ANALYSIS OF RADAR DATA SHOWS THE TARGET CIRCLING BEFORE DISAPPEARING. WITNESSES AT BOISE, IDAHO AIRPORT STATED OWYHEE MOUNTAINS, NORMALLY VISIBLE FROM THE ARPT, WERE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE. RELATIVES INDICATED A BUSINESS MEETING WAS SCHEDULED FOR THAT MORNING AT DESTINATION. INVESTIGATION SHOWED ACFT IMPACTED TERRAIN IN DESCENDING LEFT TURN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.