Cessna 182R accident near Alpine, WY
On November 18, 2005, a Cessna 182R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Alpine, WY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 18, 2005
- Place
- Alpine, WY
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.206°N, 110.898°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051128X01892
Official records · DEN06GA017
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 18, 2005, at 0900 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182R, N9928H, registered to and operated by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed when it struck a steel cable and impacted the Snake River approximately 7 miles east of Alpine, Wyoming. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The public use business flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated at Jackson (JAC), Wyoming, at 0843. According to the CAP, the pilot was en route to Afton (AFO), Wyoming, where he was to administer a checkride to another CAP member. A Wyoming state trooper had made a traffic stop on U.S. 26 at milepost 125. While he wrote the ticket, the violator saw an airplane fly past her position in the Grand Canyon of the Snake River. She told the trooper what she had seen and said the airplane was below the highway and treetops. Shortly thereafter, the trooper located the inverted airplane submerged in the river. PERSONNEL (CREW) INFORMATION The pilot, age 57, held a commercial pilot certificate, dated July 20, 2002, with airplane single/multiengine land, instrument, and glider ratings. He also held a flight instructor certificate with an airplane single-engine rating. His second-class airman medical certificate, dated April 27, 2005, contained the restriction, "Holder shall wear lenses that correct for distant vision and possess glasses that correct for near/intermediate vision while
Probable cause
the pilot's intentional low level flight/maneuver. A contributing factor was his exercising poor judgment.
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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.
