- Date
- September 18, 1992, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Evanston, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9632HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920918037659A
- Case key
- 18163
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Probable cause
Loss of control for undetermined reasons.
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.
Analysis
While conducting a 38 mile cross country flight, from one airport to another, over an often traveled route in VFR conditions during daylight with no evidence of environmental abnormalities or aircraft failure or malfunction, the aircraft impacted the ground in a steep nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9632H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266279
- Airframe hours
- 3,756
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Star West Aviation
- Registered owner
- Star West Leasing/Holding Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 25, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Destination
- FBR · Fort Bridger, WY
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 2,045 in this make and model · 6,673 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVW, 5 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.