# NTSB DEN88LA157: Cessna 182A, N5903B, Gillette, WY, July 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1988, 23:55 local (Jul 15, 1988, 05:55 UTC)
- Place: Gillette, WY
- Location: 44.3489° N, 105.5394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST WYOMING RGNL (GCC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3489&lon=-105.5394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17504
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17504/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA157

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - information insufficient, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence
  - object - ditch

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5903B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5903B), registered now, S/N 33903 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33903
- Airframe hours: 2715
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880715026929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880715026929A), Jul 15, 1988: Cessna STC182, Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. No lights at fuel stop, proceeded to Gillette. Ran out of fuel on long final. Ran through a fence into a ditch.

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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