# Accident 19810831053979A: Cessna TR182, Durango, CO, August 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1981, 22:10 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2645° N, 107.8741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durango, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2645&lon=-107.8741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736KV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736KV-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 516 total, 174 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810831053979A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT OVERFLEW DESTINATION AT NIGHT INTO AREA OF RISING TERRAIN, RAIN AND FOG. STRUCK MOUNTAIN TOP.

## 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 DEN81FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA063), Aug 31, 1981: Cessna TR182 (N736KV), 17nne Durango, CO, destroyed, 3 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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