- Date
- April 26, 1983, 11:03 local (17:03 UTC)
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5415MCessna 340N1825FBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19830426015972A19830426015971A
- Case key
- 15963
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
The aircrew of a Cessna 340, N5415M, were scheduled for an air taxi check ride with an inspector at jackson, WY, later in the afternoon. They had planned to takeoff from Rock Springs, WY, practice a few instrucment apchs at Rock Springs, then proceed to jackson. After taking off, they made an NDB apch, made a missed apch, then began an ILS apch. A Beech bonanza, N1825F, was on a flt from scottsbluff, NE to Rock Springs. During arrival to Rock Springs, the bonanza plt was monitoring the position of a king air that was ahead of him & also on an apch to the same arpt. All 3 acft were using the same frequency & all 3 were providing reports of their respective positions. At aprx 1103 MDT, witnesses heard N5415M & N1825F collide, then saw the acft & peces of wreckage falling. An investigation revealed the Cessna was inbound toward the outermarker (270 deg course) & the bonanza was in level flt, heading aprx 219 deg. Both acft were operating VFR.
The aircrew of a Cessna 340, N5415M, were scheduled for an air taxi check ride with an inspector at jackson, WY, later in the afternoon. They had planned to takeoff from Rock Springs, WY, practice at few instrument apchs at Rock Springs, then proceed to jackson. After taking off, they made an NDB apch, made a missed apch, then began an ILS apch. A Beech bonanza, N1825F, was on a flt from scottsbluff, NE to Rock Springs. During arrival to Rock Springs, the bonanza plt was monitoring the position of a king air that was ahead of him & also on an apch to the same arpt. All 3 acft were using the same frequency & all 3 were providing reports of their respective positions. At aprx 1103 MDT, witnesses heard N5415M & N1825F collide, then saw the acft & pieces of wreckage falling. An investigation revealed the Cessna was inbound toward the outermarker (270 deg course) & the bonanza was in level flt, heading aprx 219 deg. Both acft were operating VFR.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5415M
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340-0028
- Airframe hours
- 2,022
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Brothers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983 · 342 hours before
- Destination
- JAC · Jackson, WY
- Airport
- RKS · Sweetwater County, runway 27, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Registration
- N1825F
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E1897
- Airframe hours
- 283
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB168B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neil O. Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1982 · 202 hours before
- Departed
- 82V · Pine Bluffs, WY
- Destination
- RKS · Rock Springs, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RKS · Sweetwater County, runway 27, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N5415M
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,281 total · 31 in this make and model · 3,787 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N1825F
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 688 total · 630 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RKS, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.