Plane Crash List

Cessna 172M N12606

12 January 2008 · Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 January 2008 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N12606 was involved in an accident near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 22:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, United States
Nearest airport
Pine Bluffs (82V)
Coordinates
41.1533, -104.1303
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N12606
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Pine Bluffs → Pine Bluffs
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN08LA049

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Contributing factors in this accident were the unfavorable wind and the snow bank.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot had been practicing touch-and-go landings when "a very large gust of wind blew [him] completely out of control to the point of approaching airborne." The airplane went off the side of the runway and struck a snow bank, resulting in substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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