19820723031849A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrsn Skybolt · Glenwood Spring, CO · July 23, 1982

Date
July 23, 1982 · 15:45 local
Place
Glenwood Spring, CO
Airport
Glenwood Springs
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N58D
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN82FTE20
Reported as
Amtrsn Skybolt
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,869 total19 in this make and model4 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.

Aircraft flying low over rising terrain was unable to outclimb terrain and crashed into trees.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT FLYING LOW OVER RISING TERRAIN WAS UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB TERRAIN AND CRASHED INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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