# NTSB DEN82FA075: Piper PA-24-250, N6695P, Wheatland, WY, May 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1982, 19:30 local (May 1, 1982, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Wheatland, WY
- Location: 42.0517° N, 104.9595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheatland, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0517&lon=-104.9595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82FA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA075

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## Analysis

THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MI FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 08. NO FUEL WAS ON BOARD THE ACFT. THE GEAR WERE DOWN & THE FLAPS WERE IN THE 10 DEG POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6695P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6695P-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 24-1820, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: PA24182
- Airframe hours: 4442
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1A5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stanley And Shirley Meyers
- Registered owner: Stanley And Shirley Meyers
- Departed: EAN, WHEATLAND, WY
- Destination: EAN, WHEATLAND, WY
- Airport: EAN, Phifer, runway 8, 4,124 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 317 total, 310 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 115 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820430015009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820430015009A), Apr 30, 1982: Piper PA24250, Wheatland, WY, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing attempt to reach airport. Crash occurred one half mile short of runway.

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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