Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Atlantic City, Wyoming
Tuesady, June 4, 1985 10:45 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON A NARROW CURVED ROADWAY IN A MINING PIT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE ACFT MADE A STEEP DESCENT, TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ROAD AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DEPARTED THE ROAD. THE ACFT ENTERED AN AREA OF LARGE BOULDERS, NOSED OVER AND TRAVELED 76 FT UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARDS THROUGH THE ROCKS.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/4/1985
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1045
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City ATLANTIC CITY
Event State WYOMING
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 6
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 Witness
Time of the weather observation 1000
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4000
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) 60
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 21
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) 10100
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 3
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1209
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 4 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1200
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 28555
Date of most recent change to record Dec 18 2002 11:28AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\GIUV
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N66771
NTSB Number DEN85FTE02
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 Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 180K
Aircraft Series Identifier 180K
Aircraft Serial Number 18052960
Certified Max Gross Weight 3300
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 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 16 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 2224
Airframe Hours 18684
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name GOODFELLOW CORP.
Aircraft Owner Street Address PO BOX 668
Aircraft Owner City KANAB
Aircraft Owner State UT
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 84741
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name LYNN GOODFELLOW
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code KNB
Departure City KANAB
Departure State UT
Departure Country
Departure Time 700
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City ATLANTIC CITY
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 10:36AM
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 --