Cessna 172 N758RD

Summary

On 29 January 1982 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N758RD, operated by Dutton Aviation, was involved in an accident near Near Gillete, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 January 1982 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Gillete, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

44.4599, -105.7005

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N758RD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dutton Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gillete → Gillete

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA025

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO MAKE AN AERIAL SURVEY FOR LIVESTOCK. DURING FLIGHT, THE OBSERVER NOTED SOME CATTLE IN A COVE. THE PILOT THEN TURNED AND DESCENDED TO ABOUT 100 FEET AGL. AFTER LEVELING, HE NOTED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CLIMB OR TURN TO AVOID RISING TERRAIN. HE STATED THAT HE INSTINCTIVELY BANKED INTO A LEFT TURN. SECONDS LATER, HE COULD NO LONGER FEEL POSITIVE CONTROL OF THE AILERONS AND HE FELT THAT THE NOSE OF THE PLANE WAS BEING TUCKED UNDER. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK HILLY TERRAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.