# Incident 19960719042689I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Cody, WY, July 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1996, 20:16 local time
- Place: Cody, WY
- Airport: Yellowstone Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EATA
- Location: 44.5202° N, 109.0238° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YELLOWSTONE RGNL (COD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5202&lon=-109.0238&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37144, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37144-2004-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 75 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719042689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 19, 1996 AT 2016 HRS. MST A CESSNA 404, REGISTRATION #N37144 DEPARTED THERMOPOLIS, WY.(THP) ON A FLIGHT TO CODY, WY, (COD). UPON LANDING AT CODY, WY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY "SUPERIOR AVIATION INC.", AIR TAXI CERTIFICATE NUMBER EATA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS REPORT IS CONCLUDED WITH A COPY SENT TO SPM. END.

## Other reports on N37144 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19861210081949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861210081949I), Dec 10, 1986: Cessna 404CESSNA (N37144), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Tug driver did not see aircraft taxiing on the ramp. Tug collided with aircraft.
- [Incident 19781011030069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781011030069I), Oct 11, 1978: Cessna 404CESSNA (N37144), Covington, KY, Minor damage. Connecting rod cap bolts failed, rod broke through the case.

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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