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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172A · Tensleep, WY · May 24, 1998

Date
May 24, 1998 · 17:55 local
Place
Tensleep, WY
Airport
Lyman Ranch
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9863T
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98LA254
Reported as
Cessna 172A
Reported engine
Continental O300C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
66 total1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft overshot the rwy on landing and crashed, other circumstances are unknown, sleep, WY. (.4)the pilot was landing on a 900 foot landing strip located on his private ranch and overshot the runway. The aircraft collided with a new hangar under construction, then impacted a tractor, destroying the aircraft. According to the pilot's logbook, the last dual instruction flight and instructor solo signoff the student received was on September 26, 1996, 20 months prior the accident. (-23) pilot collided with tractor and barn on landing.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT OVERSHOT THE RWY ON LANDING AND CRASHED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, SLEEP, WY. (.4)THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON A 900 FOOT LANDING STRIP LOCATED ON HIS PRIVATE RANCH AND OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A NEW HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEN IMPACTED A TRACTOR, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK, THE LAST DUAL INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AND INSTRUCTOR SOLO SIGNOFF THE STUDENT RECEIVED WAS ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1996, 20 MONTHS PRIOR THE ACCIDENT. (-23) PILOT COLLIDED WITH TRACTOR AND BARN ON LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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