Accident Database

Report ID#67653

1976-06-25
accident date
James Burnett 65
victim
65
victim age
Selway
river
Ladle Rapids
section
Below Moose Creek
location
n/a
gage
High
water level
IV
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Hypothermia
injury type(s)
Cold Water, High Water, One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

12 man army surplus raft, no frame, not self bailing, raining, cotton long underwear and jeans, orange kaypok life jackets, 4 people in raft and all their gear. 3 people ejected from raft that hung up on a rock and then folded over the drop off and one oar broke.