- Date
- October 23, 1982, 22:10 local (Oct 24, 1982, 04:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kemmerer, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3460QCessna 320E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821023060659A
- Case key
- 71241
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt departed big piney at approximately 2200 & was observed to climb straight out from rwy 31 to an estimated 7,800 ft MSL. The acft then turned to a southwesterly heading toward Kemmerer. Shortly thereafter a witness at big pineyheard the plt attempt to contact Kemmerer UNICOM twice on 122.8. He also heard two repetitions of five clicks each on the same freq. The rwy lights at Kemmerer mike activated. The acft impacted the east side of a mountain at the 9,100 ft level 16 mi north of Kemmerer. A witness who was camping approximately one mile north of the accident site stated that there was cloud cover. The plt had a liver tissue fluid ethyl alcohol content of 142 mg%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3460Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320E-0060
- Airframe hours
- 3,420
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Truman E. Miley
- Registered owner
- Big Piney Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- BPI · Big Piney, WY
- Destination
- EMM · Kemmerer, WY
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 41,190 total · 2,503 in this make and model · 41,000 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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