# NTSB DEN80DTC31: Cessna 182-TR, N756WV, Sundance, WY, September 17, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 17, 1980
- Place: Sundance, WY · SUNDANCE, WY
- Location: 44.4048° N, 104.3662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sundance, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4048&lon=-104.3662&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128590
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN80DTC31
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTC31

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2845  80/9/17    SUNDANCE,WY         CESSNA 182-TR       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 461
        TIME - 0830                    N756WV              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 176 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNDANCE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RAPID CITY,SD               SUNDANCE,WY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756WV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756WV), registered now, S/N R18201180, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182-TR
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sundance

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800917041469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800917041469A), Sep 17, 1980: Cessna TR182, Sundance, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot landed long and ran off end of runway. Runway sloped downhill.

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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