- Date
- May 21, 1983, 19:30 local (May 22, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lander, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54609Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830521025499A
- Case key
- 15986
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At noon on 5/21/83, the plt departed riverton, WY on a flt to ogden, ut to transport a minister back to riverton for a wedding. After arriving at ogden, he obtained a wx briefing for the return flt. He was warned of possible thunderstormactivity, turbulence, low ceilings & strong, gusty winds. The non-instrument rated plt was told that in the vicinity of Lander & rock springs, WY, there were rain showers, and with thunderstorm activity, VFR flt may not be possible. The pltfiled a VFR flt plan & stated he would 'take a look-see.' At 1729, he took off. There was no en route radio contact, except when he requested & was provided the riverton wx. At aprx 1930, a resident near the crash site heard a small acftflying low. She reported thunder, lightning, thick fog & heavy snowfall at that time. When the acft did not arrive at riverton, a search was begun. It was found near a mountain pass where it crashed on a ridge in a 45 deg nose down, wingslevel attitude. There was virtually no movement after impact. No preimpact/mechanical failure/malfunction was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54609
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-75011
- Airframe hours
- 383
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Peters
- Registered owner
- Arthur Rex Rogers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 18, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- OGD · Ogden, UT
- Destination
- RIW · Riverton, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 229 total · 100 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LND, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.