# Accident 20020517010329A: Cessna 170A, Casper, WY, May 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2002, 02:45 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9856° N, 106.7486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9856&lon=-106.7486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1211D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1211D-2002-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020517010329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 0300 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME CESSNA, N1211D, COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN 13 MILES WEST OF NATRONA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT AND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT POSSIBLY ENTERED MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AND BECAME DISORIENTED. BLOCK 25: HE FILED A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH THE REPORTED WEATHER AT THE AIRPORT WITH A CEILING OF 1,500 SCATTERED, 2,000 OVERCAST, AND THE ALTIMETER SETTING OF 30.20. THE WEATHER AT THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS UNKNOWN AND ALTIMETER RECOVERED THERE HAD A SETTING OF 30.31. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT IFR CERTIFIED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.

## 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 DEN02FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA043), May 17, 2002: Cessna 170A (N1211D), Casper, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions and his subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor contributing to this accident was the fog.

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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