# NTSB Accident WPR18LA227
> **Cessna 182** · 2018-08-18 · Salmon, ID, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR18LA227
- **Event ID:** 20180819X22925
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-08-18
- **Location:** Salmon, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.990554, -114.74833
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182
- **Registration:** N84CP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with downdraft conditions, which resulted in a loss of altitude, and the pilot’s subsequent decision to conduct a precautionary landing into a stand of trees.

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