19821023060659A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 320E · Kemmerer, WY · October 23, 1982

Date
October 23, 1982 · 22:00 local
Place
Kemmerer, WY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3460Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN83FA010
Reported as
Cessna 320E
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
41,190 total2,503 in this make and model72 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.

Flew into rising terrain. Struck trees in area well known to pilot. Pilot was impaired by alcohol.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN. STRUCK TREES IN AREA WELL KNOWN TO PILOT. PILOT WAS IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL.

NTSB investigation

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