19891031044149A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Laramie, WY · October 31, 1989

Date
October 31, 1989 · 17:32 local
Place
Laramie, WY
Airport
General Brees Field
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4825V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN90FA017
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
14,350 total

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.

Lost control in near zero weather and spiraled in. Lost gyros due worn splines on vacumm drive.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL IN NEAR ZERO WEATHER AND SPIRALED IN. LOST GYROS DUE WORN SPLINES ON VACUMM DRIVE.

NTSB investigation

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