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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182H · Newcastle, WY · October 6, 1980

Date
October 6, 1980 · 20:23 local
Place
Newcastle, WY
Airport
Mondell
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3460S
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81FA003
Reported as
Cessna 182H
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,360 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Indicates pilot flew into hill on base leg during night practice landing. Hill not obstruction-lighted.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOT FLEW INTO HILL ON BASE LEG DURING NIGHT PRACTICE LANDING. HILL NOT OBSTRUCTION-LIGHTED.

NTSB investigation

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