MURPHY, ID, USA
N1815Q
CESSNA 177RG
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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