- Date
- October 23, 1984, 10:16 local (16:16 UTC)
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1569TCessna 414
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841023061659A
- Case key
- 16510
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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 acft collided with the ground during a turn to final from a circling approach (IFR) at Cheyenne airport. According to ATC, the acft was a VFR 'pop up' & was subsequently issued an IFR clearance for an approach into the airport. Examination of the acft at the wreckage site revealed a build-up of mixed rime & clear ice on the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1569T
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414-0478
- Airframe hours
- 6,200
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-520NBCJ, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Medicla Air Rescue Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- Destination
- CYS · Cheyenne, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CYS · Cheyenne, runway 34, 4,997 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,838 total · 28 in this make and model · 235 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CYS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.