Natrona County International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Casper, Wyoming 82601
Friday, November 9, 2001 13:00 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

According to the pilot, during his cross-country flight, the attitude indicator and directional gyro failed. The pilot suspected the vacuum pump had failed and made a precautionary landing. The pilot made a hard landing, separating the nose landing gear from the airplane. The airplane also sustained damage to the firewall and the outboard 2 feet of the right wing. The winds at the time of the accident were 220 degrees at 21 knots gusting to 28 knots.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind and gusting wind conditions.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/9/2001
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1300
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City Casper
Event State WYOMING
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 82601
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 425450N
Event Location Longitude 1062752W
Event Location Airport Natrona County International
Event Location Nearest Airport ID CPR
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 5348
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1253 Mountain Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID KCPR
Elevation of weather observation facility 5348
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation MST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 12
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -3
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 220
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 21
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 28
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.35
Density Altitude (feet) 5852
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 12523
NTSB Notification Source FAA COMM CTR
NTSB Notification Date Nov 9 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1315
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Dec 6 2002 3:26PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office CASPER FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9582G
NTSB Number DEN02TA011
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 206
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number U20601782
Certified Max Gross Weight 3600
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 Nov 1 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 16.7
Airframe Hours 4879
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Millard County Sheriff
Aircraft Owner Street Address Star Route Box 50
Aircraft Owner City Fillmore
Aircraft Owner State UT
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 84631
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
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? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) Public Use
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code U19
Departure City Fillmore
Departure State UT
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1100
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code MOT
Destination City Minot
Destination State ND
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Oct 29 2002 11:29AM
User who most recently changed record MCBM
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 8679
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --