# Accident 19800523016879A: Cessna TR182, Wheatland, WY, May 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Wheatland, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0517° N, 104.9595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheatland, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0517&lon=-104.9595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738GG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738GG-1983-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800523016879A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES WHILE FLYING LOW OVER HIGHWAY IN LEVEL FLIGHT. WIRES 75 FEET ABOVE HIGHWAY.

## 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 DEN80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA036), May 23, 1980: Cessna TR182 (N738GG), Wheatland, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N738GG (1)

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

- [Incident 19790630018219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790630018219I), Jun 30, 1979: Cessna TR182 (N738GG), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Nose gear broke off during roll out

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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