# Incident 19940724030419I: Cessna 172N, Casper, WY, July 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1994, 18:00 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738GN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 71 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940724030419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT SAID THAT HE DEPARTED WORLAND, WY ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN ABOUT 1600, FOR CASPER, WY. HE HAD DELAYED HIS DEPARTURE TO AVOID SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIS INTENDED ROUTE. AFTER DEPARTURE, HE DISCOVERED NUMEROUS CELLS THAT FORCED HIM TO DEVIATE TO THE WEST. HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND AN OPEN ROUTE TO CASPER, AND HE WOUND UP TO THE SOUTH OF CASPER. HE SAID THAT HE HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL TO DEVIATE AROUND CELLS BETWEEN HIS LOCATION AND RAWLINS OR LARAMIE. HE FOUND A USABLE ROAD AND LANDED. NO DAMAGE. NO ELT. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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