# NTSB DEN83FA010: Cessna 320E, N3460Q, Kemmerer, WY, October 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 23, 1982, 22:10 local (Oct 24, 1982, 04:10 UTC)
- Place: Kemmerer, WY
- Coordinates: 41.779853, -110.549491 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7799&lon=-110.5495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71241
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83FA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71241/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA010

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 320E-0060
- Airframe hours: 3420
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 61; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821023060659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821023060659A), Oct 23, 1982: Cessna 320E, Kemmerer, WY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into rising terrain. Struck trees in area well known to pilot. Pilot was impaired by alcohol.

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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