Cessna 170 N406OV

Summary

On 14 July 1983 at about 00:10 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N406OV was involved in an accident near Mullan, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 July 1983 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Mullan, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

47.4610, -115.7402

Aircraft

Cessna 170

Registration

N406OV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Helena → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA83LA149

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE LINE DURING MANEUVERING TO STAY VFR AND CLEAR OF GROUND OBSTRUCTIONS. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS APPROACHING LOOKOUT PASS AT ABOUT 500-800 FT AGL AND WAS FOLLOWING INTERSTATE 90 WESTBOUND. HE INADVERTENTLY ENTERED IFR CONDITIONS AS HE TURNED LEFT TO FOLLOW THE HIGHWAY. THE LEFT TURN ANGLE OF BANK WAS INCREASED AND THE ACFT LOST ALTITUDE. THE PILOT TRIED TO CLIMB EASTBOUND TO AVOID RISING TERRAIN. AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE SUMMIT EASTBOUND, HE WAS NEARING A STALL WITH AN OVERPASS STRAIGHT AHEAD. A DIVE AND PULL-UP TO CLEAR THE OVERPASS RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH THE WIRE. A FULL STALL FOLLOWED AND THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.