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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cvac 340CVAC · Del Norte, CO · August 25, 1982

Date
August 25, 1982 · 13:30 local
Place
Del Norte, CO
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N477KW
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN82FA175
Reported as
Cvac 340CVAC
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R2800*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total670 in this make and model180 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.

After entering clouds, aircraft impacted mountain during an attempted climb to VMC 10 miles west of wolf creek pass

As the FAA filed it

AFTER ENTERING CLOUDS, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MOUNTAIN DURING AN ATTEMPTED CLIMB TO VMC 10 MILES WEST OF WOLF CREEK PASS

NTSB investigation

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