# Accident 19990508004679A: Piper PA11, Lander, WY, May 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1999, 06:45 local time
- Place: Lander, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8295° N, 108.7196° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8295&lon=-108.7196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4582M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4582M-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990508004679A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)A/C IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE APPROX. 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LANDER, WY.

## 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 DEN99FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA075), May 8, 1999: Piper PA-11 (N4582M), Lander, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane. Factors were his abrupt maneuvering of the airplane to avoid a powerline, and his attention being diverted.

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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