Cessna 182P accident near St. Anthony, Idaho, August 8, 1996
On August 8, 1996 at about 3:15 am local time, a Cessna 182P, registered N9136M, was substantially damaged in an accident near St. Anthony, Idaho (Hog Hollow (Private) airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person was killed. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 8, 1996 · about 3:15 am local time
- Place
- St. Anthony, Idaho · Hog Hollow (Private) · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was killed.
- Weather
- conditions the NTSB did not record
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · all 182Ps on the register
- Registration
- N9136M · no longer on the register · serial 18264696
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 150 hours in all; 139 in this make and model; 17 in the last 90 days; 103 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: None
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,310 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, July 27, 1996; 24 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,950 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental IO-520-D (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 20, 2,850 ft by 50 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: not reported
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 63°F (17°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 3:57 am from IDA, 38 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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