42.8421° N, 106.3213° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 4, 1981 · 16:00 local
Place
Casper, WY
Airport
Natrona International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N67872
Reported as
Cessna 402C
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total400 in this make and model240 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.
Left throttle jammed during start of descent. Shut down engine. Landed ok. Throttle cable bent in nacelle area.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT THROTTLE JAMMED DURING START OF DESCENT. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. LANDED OK. THROTTLE CABLE BENT IN NACELLE AREA.