Cessna 172P N64093

Summary

On 27 May 1982 at about 17:50 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N64093, operated by Northern Productions, was involved in an accident near Osage, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 May 1982 at 17:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Osage, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N64093

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Northern Productions

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gillette → Gillette

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82FTC04

1 person died.

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 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GILLETTE, WYOMING ON A PIPELINE PATROL MISSION. THIS WAS THE PILOT'S FIRST PIPELINE PATROL OVER THE LINE THAT HE WAS PATROLLING. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THREE POWERLINES AND CRASHED. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT HE SAW THE WIRES JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT, AND REPORTED THAT THE PILOT MADE NO EVASIVE ACTION. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE WIRES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.