# Accident 20230514004879A: Cessna T182T, Laramie, WY, May 14, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2023, 11:37 local time
- Place: Laramie, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4387° N, 106.0602° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4387&lon=-106.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N665B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N665B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230514004879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED RIME ICING CONDITIIONS. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPTED FOR IFR FLIGHT INTO ICING CONDITONS. PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR23FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA188), May 14, 2023: Cessna T182T (N665B), Albany, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to conduct flight into an area of icing in an airplane that was prohibited from such conditions, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, an…

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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