# Accident 20070117001329A: Cessna 182R, Waltman, WY, January 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2007, 21:00 local time
- Place: Waltman, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9994° N, 107.4169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9994&lon=-107.4169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9937H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9937H-2007-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,030 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070117001329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PLANE DEPARTED GCC, NEVER ARRIVED AT DESTINATION. AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND IN A FIELD VIA ELT 40 MILES EAST OF RIW. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TERRAIN AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

## 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 DEN07FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA053), Jan 18, 2007: Cessna 182R (N9937H), Waltman, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued visual flight rules (VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and failure to maintain terrain clearance resulting in controlled flight into terrain.…

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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