- Date
- January 3, 1978
- Place
- Buffalo, WY · BUFFALO, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52974Cessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780103000339A
- Case key
- 143624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0141 78/1/3 BUFFALO,WY CESSNA 182P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 286 TIME - 2025 N52974 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER,WY SHERIDAN,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52974
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo Municipal
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.