# NTSB DEN86LA078: Cessna 182, N219M, Wray, CO, February 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 14, 1986, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Wray, CO
- Coordinates: 40.070411, -102.220703 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0704&lon=-102.2207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16920/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA078

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - object - utility pole
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - buckled
- Fire, landing

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ACFT CONTACTED A TWR WITH THE NOSE GEAR WHILE HE WAS MAKING A VISUAL SURVEILLANCE OF A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PLT SAID HE DIVERTED TO A NEARBY ARPT TO LAND. DURING LANDING, FUEL FROM BROKEN FUEL LINES IGNITED & THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N219M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219M-2013-07-11), registration cancelled 2013-07-11, S/N 34297, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34297
- Airframe hours: 2602
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Paul E. Neubauer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 2, 1985, 216 hours before
- Departed: 5C0, BURLINGTON, CO
- Destination: KIRK, CO
- Airport: 2V5, Wray Municipal, runway 14, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 92 total, 46 in this make and model, 54 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AKO, 45 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860214045809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860214045809A), Feb 14, 1986: Cessna 182A, Wray, CO, Destroyed. Nosewheel struck a tv tower after a low pass over private runway. Nose gear collapsed on landing at nearby airport.

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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