# Accident 19830521025499A: Cessna 172P, Lander, WY, May 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1983, 19:30 local time
- Place: Lander, WY
- Airport: Hunt
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8301° N, 108.7203° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8301&lon=-108.7203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54609, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54609-1984-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 227 total, 100 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830521025499A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL IN AREA OF LOW CEILINGS,RAIN, SNOW AND TURBULENCE. 45 DEGREE NOSE DOWN IMPACT.

## 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 DEN83FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA116), May 22, 1983: Cessna 172P (N54609), Lander, 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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