Beech V-35A accident near Lusk, WY
On August 3, 2001, a Beech V-35A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lusk, WY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 3, 2001
- Place
- Lusk, WY
- Aircraft
- Beech V-35A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.992°N, 104.364°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010807X01626
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 3, 2001, at approximately 1355 mountain daylight time, a Beech V-35A, N7182N, was destroyed following impact with terrain near Lusk, Wyoming. The private pilot, the sole occupant aboard the airplane, was fatally injured. The owner/pilot was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight that originated from Lusk Municipal Airport approximately 10 minutes before the accident. No flight plan had been filed. According to friends of the pilot, he had departed Fort Collins, Colorado, at about 1100 on the morning of the accident. He landed at Lusk, and had lunch with friends. They said that he departed Lusk at approximately 1345. A Wyoming state policeman, while making a traffic stop at mile marker 157 on highway U.S. 85, said "a small plane flew by on the east side of the road at approximately 125 to 150 feet above the ground." He said a few minutes later he received dispatch transmission about a plane crash and subsequent grass fire on highway U.S. 85 at mile marker 167. He looked up and could see the smoke from that location; he proceeded expeditiously to the accident scene. A witness (an experienced pilot), while in his vehicle driving north on Highway U.S. 85, said the airplane passed over him flying at an estimated 100 to 120 miles per hour. He said: "it was flying straight and level, and showed no signs of engine problems. I was watching this plane when all of a sudden the tail went up and the nose went down and I believed it pitched slightly to the left. It app
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in an inadvertent collision with transmission wires.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
