# Accident 19801006057079A: Cessna 182H, Newcastle, WY, October 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1980, 20:23 local time
- Place: Newcastle, WY
- Airport: Mondell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8843° N, 104.3145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONDELL FLD (ECS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8843&lon=-104.3145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3460S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3460S-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801006057079A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MKC81FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA003), Oct 6, 1980: Cessna 182H (N3460S), Newcastle, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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