- Date
- December 8, 1976
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY · CHEYENNE, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2766FCessna 182J
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761208039619A
- Case key
- 152527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3766 76/12/8 CHEYENNE,WY CESSNA 182J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 432 TIME - 1325 N2766F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 193 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEYENNE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEYENNE,WY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 23000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 51 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 26 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT RECEIVED WIND FROM TOWER WIND GUSTS 33
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2766F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cheyenne Muni
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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 N2766F · 1
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