41.1400° N, 104.8202° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheyenne, WY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 7, 2008 · 16:00 local
Place
Cheyenne, WY
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGGTM
Reported as
Amtr Glasairiii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total680 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft was too low, the weather was whiteout with snow, and the aircraft struck the ground. The pilot was not instrument rated.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW, THE WEATHER WAS WHITEOUT WITH SNOW, AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.