# NTSB DEN68D0060: Cessna-Wren 460, N7919R, Buffalo, WY, August 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1967
- Place: Buffalo, WY · BUFFALO, WY
- Location: 44.3385° N, 106.7153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3385&lon=-106.7153&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68D0060
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68D0060

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2974  67/8/19    BUFFALO,WYO         CESSNA-WREN 460     CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 290
        TIME - 0830                    N7919R              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ESPONDA RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: RUN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           CHECK PILOT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE
           CHECK PILOT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
        REMARKS- CK PLT TOOK CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF.REALIZED TOO LATE PLT HAD RETRACTED FLAPS FOR ABORT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7919R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7919R-2001-05-04), registration cancelled 2001-05-04, S/N 18258293 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA-WREN 460
- Registry model: [Cessna/Wren 460](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-wren-460) (registry code 2076021) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Esponda Ranch

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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