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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182F · Evanston, WY · August 24, 1979

Date
August 24, 1979 · 01:15 local
Place
Evanston, WY
Airport
Evanston
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3356U
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FTC25
Reported as
Cessna 182F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
508 total90 in this make and model19 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.

Pilot flew into a mountain while circling the airport at night.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW INTO A MOUNTAIN WHILE CIRCLING THE AIRPORT AT NIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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