- Date
- January 13, 1974
- Place
- Newcastle, WY · NEWCASTLE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3730LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740113000289A
- Case key
- 187297
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0011 74/1/13 NEWCASTLE,WYO CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 136 TIME - 1100 N3730L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONDELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWCASTLE,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SNOW BANK 10FT OFF EDGE OF RWY. PILOT REPORTED WIND GUST DRIFTED ACFT ACROSS RWY INTO SNOWBANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3730L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mondell
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.