- Date
- July 31, 1976
- Place
- Casper, WY · CASPER, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N618WCCessna 182N
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760731024299A
- Case key
- 155432
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2459 76/7/31 CASPER,WY CESSNA 182N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1499 TIME - 1430 N618WC PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1025 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NATRONA CO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,WY CASPER,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- BOTH ELEVATOR CABLES SEPARATED FROM BELLCRANK FORWARD OF INSTR PANEL.BOTH BOLTS MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N618WC
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Natrona Co Intl
N618WCRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Cessna 182NAirframe modelCessna 182NEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N618WC · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.