# Accident 19980524011839A: Cessna 172A, Tensleep, WY, May 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1998, 17:55 local time
- Place: Tensleep, WY
- Airport: Lyman Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0307° N, 107.4401° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0307&lon=-107.4401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9863T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9863T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524011839A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 FTW98LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA254), May 24, 1998: Cessna 172A (N9863T), Ten Sleep, WY, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to select a proper touchdown point. A factor was his lack of recent experience conducting solo flight operations.

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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