- Date
- June 4, 1985, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, WY
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66771Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850604022389A
- Case key
- 16564
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Nose over
Analysis
The acft nosed over during an attempted landing on a narrow curved roadway in a mining pit. Witnesses reported the acft made a steep descent, touched down on the road and almost immediately departed the road. The acft entered an area of large boulders, nosed over and traveled 76 ft upside down and backwards through the rocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66771
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052960
- Airframe hours
- 18,684
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Lynn Goodfellow
- Registered owner
- Goodfellow Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1984 · 2,224 hours before
- Departed
- KNB · Kanab, UT
- Destination
- Atlantic City, WY
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,920 total · 1,860 in this make and model · 102 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.