# NTSB DEN70D0016: Piper PA-22, N8585C, Cokeville, WY, May 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1969
- Place: Cokeville, WY · COKEVILLE, WY
- Location: 42.0792° N, 110.9519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cokeville, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0792&lon=-110.9519&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 11, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175045
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70D0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70D0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1805   69/5/4    COKEVILLE,WYO       PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 38, 20 TOTAL
        TIME - 0800                    N8585C              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COKEVILLE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
        REMARKS- HIT WASH OUT WHICH EXTENDED 3/4 OF THE WAY ACROSS RNWY. UNATTENDED ARPT,CATTLE ON RNWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8585C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8585C-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N 22-1275, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (registry code 7102202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cokeville

## Other investigations on N8585C (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 DEN74DTE33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTE33), Dec 10, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N8585C), Byers, CO, substantial damage

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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