- Date
- July 14, 1988, 23:55 local (Jul 15, 1988, 05:55 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5903BCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880715026929A
- Case key
- 17504
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 engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - poorFactor
Information insufficientFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Object - ditch
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5903B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33903
- Airframe hours
- 2,715
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Heid, Mark
- Registered owner
- Mark Roswell Heid
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1988 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- PMV · Plattsmouth, NE
- Destination
- GCC
- Airport
- GCC · Gillette Campbell County, runway 34, 7,500 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 569 total · 31 in this make and model · 484 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 11 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.