# Accident 19810711042039A: Piper PA16, Ten Sleep, WY, July 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Ten Sleep, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0351° N, 107.4482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ten Sleep, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0351&lon=-107.4482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6852K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6852K-1981-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810711042039A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL, SPUN INTO WALL OF A CANYON. THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. PILOT HAD SEVERE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. CFI EXPIRED.

## 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 DEN81FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA051), Jul 11, 1981: Piper PA-16 (N6852K), Ten Sleep, 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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