Cessna 182A accident near Alpine, WY
On March 13, 2016, a Cessna 182A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Alpine, WY. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 13, 2016
- Place
- Alpine, WY
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.190°N, 111.064°W
- NTSB ID
- 20160313X91203
Official records · WPR16FA084
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 13, 2016, at 0227 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182A airplane, N2230G, collided with terrain shortly after departing from Alpine Airport, Alpine, Wyoming. The private pilot and three passengers sustained fatal injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal cross-country flight. The flight was departing from Alpine with an assumed destination of Rigby Airport, Rigby, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the departure airport about the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. A resident, who lived on the east side of the runway at Alpine Airport, stated that he heard the airplane land on March 12 about 1930 and heard the airplane depart about 0230 the next day. He stated that the departure sounded normal but without the typical "slow fade away of the prop noise." The noise had just suddenly stopped, which he thought was unusual enough that he looked out the window and only observed some stars with a few clouds. According to a saloon employee, the pilot and passengers had visited Alpine on numerous occasions, where they would usually have dinner at the Bull Moose Saloon; it is unknown how many flights they had conducted to Alpine previously, but they had driven there many times. She recalled that they arrived about 2000 and left about 0200. She stated that they were in a good mood the entire time and did not notice any anomalies. She stated that the pilot did not drink alcohol while he was
Probable cause
The noninstrument-rated pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the initial climb in dark night conditions with no visual reference, which resulted in a stall and collision with terrain.
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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.
