# NTSB DEN65A0069: Cessna 182A, N9987T, 8s Cheyenne, WY, May 3, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 3, 1965
- Place: 8s Cheyenne, WY · 8S CHEYENNE, WY
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65A0069
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65A0069

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0371   65/5/3    8S CHEYENNE WYO     CESSNA 182A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 47, 150
        TIME - 0730                    N9987T              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           RAIN
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           38                                                      140
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           7                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9987T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9987T-1965-06-30), registration cancelled 1965-06-30, S/N 18253087 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (registry code 2072710) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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