- Date
- July 30, 1985, 13:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Evanston, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9455DCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850730035169A
- Case key
- 16736
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Clearance - inadequateCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - downhillFactor
Analysis
The plt lost direstional control of the acft while attempting to land in gusty x-wind conditions. The acft was destroyedwhen it impacted terrain in a 50 ft deep ravine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9455D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1170
- Airframe hours
- 214
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold Renollet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1985 · 214 hours before
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Destination
- PVU · Provo, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EVW · Evanston, runway 23, 7,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,076 total · 720 in this make and model · 1,015 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.