# NTSB DEN72ADO43: Cessna 180H, N9050M, Medicine Bow, WY, March 20, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 20, 1972
- Place: Medicine Bow, WY · MEDICINE BOW, WY
- Location: 41.8995° N, 106.2019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medicine Bow, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8995&lon=-106.2019&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 9, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166837
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72ADO43
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72ADO43

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3982  72/3/20    MEDICINE BOW,WYO    CESSNA 180H         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 5400
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N9050M              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HANNA,WYO                   EDGEMONT,SDAK
        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 - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
           WEATHER - SNOW
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     SNOW SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9050M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9050M-1972-08-14), registration cancelled 1972-08-14, S/N 18052150 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (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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