- Date
- November 22, 1980
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51873Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801122076369A
- Case key
- 128055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3565 80/11/22 NR.ROCK SPRINGS,WY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N51873 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 30, 1555 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEYENNE,WY ROCKSPRINGS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- WND GUSTING TO 16KTS. PILOT REPORTED SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51873
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.