# NTSB DEN85FTE02: Cessna 180K, N66771, Atlantic City, WY, June 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1985, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Atlantic City, WY
- Location: 42.5012° N, 108.7329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5012&lon=-108.7329&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16564
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85FTE02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16564/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FTE02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052960
- Airframe hours: 18684
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850604022389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850604022389A), Jun 4, 1985: Cessna 180K, Atlantic City, WY, Destroyed. Pilot was unable to keep aircraft lined up with road for landing. Struck large rock and nosed over in mining pit.

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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