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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Wamsutter, WY · June 17, 1979

Date
June 17, 1979 · 15:30 local
Place
Wamsutter, WY
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7462S
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FTC17
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
940 total700 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Encountered downdraft while flying low over hilly terrain. Settled to ground, flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT WHILE FLYING LOW OVER HILLY TERRAIN. SETTLED TO GROUND, FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.