Casa 2.111 accident near Cheyenne, WY
On July 10, 2003, a Casa 2.111 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cheyenne, WY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 10, 2003
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY
- Aircraft
- Casa 2.111 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.151°N, 104.802°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030714X01087
Official records · DEN03FA125
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 10, 2003, approximately 1310 mountain daylight time, N72615, a CASA 2.111, registered to and operated by the American Airpower Heritage Fly Museum, was destroyed when it collided with a building 2 miles southeast of the Cheyenne Municipal Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The airline transport certificated pilot and copilot were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the cross-country flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Midland, Texas, approximately 1030, and was en route to Missoula, Montana, for an air show. According to control tower personnel, the tower controller cleared the pilot to land on runway 26. The airplane was on a 3-mile straight-in final approach when controllers saw it turning left. When they asked the pilot what his intentions were, he replied: "We just lost our left engine." The pilot then reported that he wasn't going to make it to the airport. Several witnesses observed the airplane flying "low to the ground and under-speed for [a] good 4 minutes." The right propeller was turning, but the left propeller was not turning. They saw no smoke or fire coming from the left engine. One witness said the pilot was "obviously trying to pull up. The plane dipped hard left," then struck the ground with its left wing. It traveled through a chain link fence, struck a parked automobile, and slid into a school bus wash barn. The ensuing fire destroyed the airplane, parked car, and wash barn. One witness observed the "tail cartwheel above the roof [of t
Probable cause
A loss of engine power for reasons undetermined, and the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing, low airspeed, the fence, automobile, and the school bus wash barn.
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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.
