# Accident 19791012028179A: Cessna 182, Wolcott, CO, October 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Wolcott, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7036° N, 106.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wolcott, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7036&lon=-106.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757HW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 452 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DTE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTE01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791012028179A

## Narrative

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

HIT PWR LINE SUPPORT CABLES WHILE FLYING IN RIVER VALLEY. SEVERED RUDDER. LANDED SAFELY IN FIELD.

## 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 DEN80DTE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTE01), Oct 12, 1979: Cessna T182RG (N757HW), Wolcott, CO, 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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