Cessna 172 N4016F

Summary

On 9 August 1986 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N4016F, operated by John W. Dunn, was involved in an accident near Ten Sleep, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 August 1986 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ten Sleep, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

44.0291, -107.4391

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N4016F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John W. Dunn

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chadron → Thermopolis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86FA223

1 person died.

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 PLT BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED AND INADVERTENTLY ENTERED THE NARROW CANYON IN A MOUNTAIN PASS. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY AT 7,500 FEET MSL WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB FAST ENOUGH TO CLEAR RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN AND THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REVERSE COURSE IN THE NARROW PASS. ON SHORT FINAL THE PLT OBSERVED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC APPROACH FROM AROUND A SWITCHBACK CURVE AND VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY WHERE THE ACFT IMPACTED STEEP, ROCKY TERRAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.