- Date
- December 9, 1967
- Place
- Casper, WY · CASPER, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3178DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113681
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4337 67/12/9 CASPER,WYO CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 545 TIME - 1500 N3178D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NALL RANCH STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- PLT SAID SNOW WAS DEEPER THAN IT APPEARED FROM THE AIR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3178D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nall Ranch Strip
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Other investigations on N3178D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA23FA252Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportHarrisburg, PAThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent collision with terrain and objects.NTSB DEN73DTC17Accident · No injuriesClosedGillette, WYNTSB DEN66D0124Accident · No injuriesClosedMedicine Bow, WY