# Accident 20001215025269A: Cessna 172, Lusk, WY, December 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lusk, WY
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7850° N, 104.2172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7850&lon=-104.2172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4223F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4223F-2001-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001215025269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT FILED NO FLIGHT PLAN, OBTAINED NO PREFLIGHT WEATHER BRIEF AND EXPEREINCED CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN DURING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. UNABLE TO SECURE MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THIS A/C. ACCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY FBI, US CUSTOMS AND DEA.

## 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 DEN01FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA028), Dec 16, 2000: Cessna 172 (N4223F), Lusk, WY, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain terrain clearance, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing factors…

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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