Piper 24-180 N7079P
30 May 1983 · Horse Creek, Wyoming, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 30 May 1983 at about 17:51 local time, a Piper 24-180 registered N7079P was involved in an accident near Horse Creek, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:51
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Horse Creek, Wyoming, United States
- Coordinates
- 41.4109, -105.1808
- Aircraft
- Piper 24-180
- Registration
- N7079P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Smith Center → Pocatello
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN83FA123
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
THE ACFT CRASHED IN ROLLING TERRAIN MINUS ABOUT 6 FT OF ITS LEFT WING. THIS PORTION OF WING WAS FOUND ABOUT 339 FT EAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. EXAM REVEALED EVIDENCE THAT THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE WING SEPARATED IN AN UPWARD AND AFT DIRECTION INDICATIVE OF POSITIVE LOADING IN FLT. A TOXICOLOGY RPT ON THE DECEASED PLT AT FIRST REPTED AN ETHYL ALCOHOL CONTENT OF 0.38% IN A LIVER TISSUE FLUID SAMPLE. THIS WAS LATER CORRECTED TO .038%. THIS PLT HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFINGS BY TELEPHONE BUT DID NOT FILE A FLT PLAN. AT 1121 THE ACFT DEPTED CHEYENNE & PROCEEDED NORTHWEST. AT 1146 THE PLT CALLED CHEYENNE APP CONTROL & SAID HE WAS IN CLOUDS & WANTED A VECTOR TO CHEYENNE', AFTER A BRIEF CONVERSATION THE PLT CONTACTED DENVER ARTCC WITH THE SAME MESSAGE EXCEPT FOR DESTINATION. HE WOULD NOW ACCEPT VECTORS TO ANY PLACE OUT OFTHE WX. AS SOON AS THE CONTROLLER GAVE A HEADING THE PLT RADIOED HE WAS IN TROUBLE & THERE WERE NO MORE TRANSMISSIONS. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AT 1151. A WITNESS SAID THE WX WAS OVERCAST AND 'I HEARD A HIGH PITCHED WHINE....& A LOUD BANG.'
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 1982 | Piper 24-140 | Enterprise, Oregon, United States | Bruce C. Sehofield | Fatal | 3 |
| 22 May 1982 | Piper 24-260 | Lexington, Virginia, United States | Adolph Nunnenkamp | No injuries | - |
| 17 Mar 2024 | Piper 24 | Leicestershire, United Kingdom | - | Unknown | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 1983 | Cessna T21OL | Saratoga, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 1983 | Bellanca 7GCBC | Cody, Wyoming, United States | McCue Flying Service | No injuries | - |
| 8 Aug 1983 | Cessna 180 | Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 1983 | Cessna 210E | Powell, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 1983 | Mooney M-2O | Rock Spring, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1983 | Champion 7GC | Douglas, Wyoming, United States | Arthur C Horr | Fatal | 1 |