# Accident 19770515032229A: Cessna 182B, Trinidad, CO, May 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1977
- Place: Trinidad, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.1762° N, 104.4903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trinidad, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1762&lon=-104.4903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2454G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2454G-1977-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 467 total, 61 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770515032229A

## Narrative

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

HIT MTN 12600FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 5/25/77.

## 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 DEN77FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA043), May 15, 1977: Cessna 182B (N2454G), Trinidad, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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