- Date
- July 19, 1991, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newcastle, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9962NCessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910719028899A
- Case key
- 41329
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Probable cause
Pilot factor in that he did not maintain sufficient flying speed and allowed the aircraft to enter an inadvertent stall/spin. Factors include high density altitude.
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
The pilot of the Cessna 180 departed the high density altitude airport with the intention of following a Cessna 185 for a local sightseeing flight. The aircraft, which was heavily loaded, was described by a CFI on the ground as wallowing through the air after departure. The aircraft appeared to the witness to be in slow-flight at a speed just above a stall, with no appreciable rate of climb. The aircraft turned out of the pattern toward rising terrain and ultimately stalled and spun into the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9962N
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052617
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James W. Markham
- Registered owner
- James W. Markham
- Departed
- ECS · Newcastle, 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,696 total · 1,696 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9962N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.