- Date
- April 30, 1982, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24166Funk B75L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820430070579A
- Case key
- 71367
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, when the aircraft was in a mountain pass about 10 mi from the departure point, it was caught by a downdraft. Reportedly, he was forced to land on a dirt trail. During the landing, the aircraft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24166
- Reported as
- Funk B75L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 191
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cheryl M. Martin
- Departed
- LAR · Laramie, WY
- Destination
- 7V5 · Brush, CO
- Airport
- LAR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.