Plane Crash List

Cessna 182N N92767

26 July 2008 · Big Creek, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 July 2008 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 182N registered N92767 was involved in an accident near Big Creek, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 21:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Big Creek, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport
Big Creek Airport (KU60)
Coordinates
45.1331, -115.3219
Aircraft
Cessna 182N
Registration
N92767
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
McCall → Big Creek
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX08CA250

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The airplane encountered a downdraft during the landing flare. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot made a landing approach to a remote mountain turf runway. The airplane encountered a downdraft while on short final, which resulted in a sudden drop from about 15 feet, and subsequent hard landing. The landing bent the nose gear forward and damaged the firewall. The pilot made a field repair to hold the nose wheel in place by lashing the nose wheel strut back using rope and a come-along attached to the main landing gear. The pilot then proceeded to fly the airplane to an airport about 30 minutes away, where a mechanic assessed the damage and advised the pilot not to continue the flight. The pilot decided to continue the flight to his home base approximately 454 miles to the southwest. The elevation of the accident airport is 5,720 feet mean sea level (msl). The outside air temperature at the time of the accident was 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The calculated density altitude was 8,238 feet msl at the accident airport.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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