# NTSB Accident WPR16FA006
> **CESSNA 182** · 2015-10-08 · Hope, ID, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR16FA006
- **Event ID:** 20151008X00634
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-10-08
- **Location:** Hope, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.283054, -116.259162
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182
- **Registration:** N6184F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an inadequate altitude to cross mountainous terrain and her subsequent failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight evaluation of the weather conditions and flight plan.

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