# Accident 20051118027509A: Cessna 182R, Alpine, WY, November 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: Alpine, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2056° N, 110.8981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2056&lon=-110.8981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9928H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9928H-2008-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06GA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06GA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051118027509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N9928H, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL AS CAP 4928 AND PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK A STEEL CABLE AND IMPACTED THE SNAKE RIVER APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTH OF ALPINE, WYOMING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PUBLIC USE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JACKSON (JAC), WYOMING, AT 0843. THE PILOT WAS EN ROUTE TO AFTON (AFO), WYOMING, WHERE HE WAS TO ADMINISTER A CHECKRIDE TO ANOTHER CAP MEMBER. AN EYEWITNESS SAW THE AIRPLANE FLY PAST HER POSITION IN THE GRAND CANYON OF THE SNAKE RIVER. SHE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS BELOW THE HIGHWAY AND BELOW THE TREETOPS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED INVERTED IN THE RIVER.

## 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 DEN06GA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06GA017), Nov 18, 2005: Cessna 182R (N9928H), Alpine, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional low level flight/maneuver. A contributing factor was his exercising poor judgment.

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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