# Accident 19740721023339A: Cessna 182C, Crestd Butte, CO, July 21, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1974
- Place: Crestd Butte, CO
- Airport: Verzuh-Rouse
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.8678° N, 106.9773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crested Butte, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8678&lon=-106.9773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8879T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8879T-1975-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 95 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75DTE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DTE08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740721023339A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SETTLED BACK ON RWY.DENS ALT 11,500FT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN75DTE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DTE08), Jul 21, 1974: Cessna 182 (N8879T), Crestd Butte, CO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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