Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-18 N4332Z

16 September 1973 · Wheatland, Wyoming, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 September 1973 at about 14:40 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N4332Z was involved in an accident during in flight near Wheatland, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Wheatland, Wyoming, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-18
Registration
N4332Z
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Casper, Wyo → Cheyenne, Wyo
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3141

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT FOLLOWED HIGHWAY I-25.ENTRD FOG MAKING 180 DEG TURN.HIT WIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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