# Accident 19790824025129A: Cessna 182F, Evanston, WY, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 01:15 local time
- Place: Evanston, WY
- Airport: Evanston
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3437° N, 111.0025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Evanston Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3437&lon=-111.0025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3356U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3356U-2012-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 508 total, 90 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTC25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824025129A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DEN79FTC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTC25), Aug 24, 1979: Cessna 182 (N3356U), Evanston, WY, substantial damage

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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