# Accident 19760731024299A: Cessna 182N, Casper, WY, July 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1976
- Place: Casper, WY
- Airport: Natrona Co International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N618WC-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,499 total, 1,025 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FTC42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTC42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760731024299A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOTH ELEVATOR CABLES SEPARATED FROM BELLCRANK FORWARD OF INSTR PANEL.BOTH BOLTS MISSING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN76FTC42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTC42), Jul 31, 1976: Cessna 182N (N618WC), Casper, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N618WC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790531036829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790531036829A), May 31, 1979: Cessna 182N (N618WC), Waynesville, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck trees near mountain peak. Mountain peaks obscured by fog. Thunderstorms in area.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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