Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Casper, Wyoming 82604
Monday, August 8, 1988 9:10 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DRG FLT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPN, THE ENG LOST POWER AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING TO CRUISE. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENG WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON ROUGH/ROCKY TERRAIN WHERE IT NOSED OVER. WHEN THE ENG WAS BEING CHECKED AFTER THE ACDNT, A SIGNIFICANT FUEL LEAK WAS NOTED FROM THE CARBURETOR. THE CARBURETOR WAS REPLACED, THEN AN ENG RUN WAS MADE WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. THE ORIGINAL CARBURETOR HAD INDCNS OF A STUCK FLOAT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/8/1988
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 910
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City CASPER
Event State WYOMING
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 82604
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 900 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID CPR
Elevation of weather observation facility 5348
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 36
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 10000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 19
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 200
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 9000
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1177
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 8 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1230
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37270
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:02PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N182AD
NTSB Number DEN88LA179
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182P
Aircraft Series Identifier 182P
Aircraft Serial Number 18264270
Certified Max Gross Weight 2950
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 15 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 1
Airframe Hours 3037
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF WYOMING
Aircraft Owner Street Address 104 SOUTH 4TH
Aircraft Owner City LARAMIE
Aircraft Owner State WY
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name JOHN R. FOREHAND
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 161 SHERWOOD CIRCLE
Operator City CASPER
Operator State WY
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 82604
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Ferry
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code CPR
Departure City CASPER
Departure State WY
Departure Country
Departure Time 830
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code LAR
Destination City LARAMIE
Destination State WY
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --