# Accident 19820430015009A: Piper PA24250, Wheatland, WY, April 30, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1982, 19:30 local time
- Place: Wheatland, WY
- Airport: Phifer
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0555° N, 104.9283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHIFER AIRFIELD (EAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0555&lon=-104.9283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6695P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6695P-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 310 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820430015009A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT TO REACH AIRPORT. CRASH OCCURRED ONE HALF MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 DEN82FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA075), May 1, 1982: Piper PA-24-250 (N6695P), Wheatland, WY, destroyed, 1 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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