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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180K · Montrose, CO · March 30, 1982

Date
March 30, 1982 · 09:05 local
Place
Montrose, CO
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2809K
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN82DA052
Reported as
Cessna 180K
Reported engine
Continental O470U
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,254 total368 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine air filter iced up flying in heavy snowshower. Engine quit. Landed in trees. Filter prone to ice clogging.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE AIR FILTER ICED UP FLYING IN HEAVY SNOWSHOWER. ENGINE QUIT. LANDED IN TREES. FILTER PRONE TO ICE CLOGGING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.