# Accident 19821227066949A: Cessna 404CESSNA, Aspen, CO, December 27, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1982, 07:43 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen Pitkin Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.2232° N, 106.8690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2232&lon=-106.8690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5301J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 18 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821227066949A

## Narrative

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

MADE PREMATURE LIFTOFF IN A STALL MUSH CONDITION. FAILED TO OBTAIN CLIMB SPEED OR LOWER NOSE. HIT A MOUNTAINSIDE.

## 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 DEN83FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA040), Dec 27, 1982: Cessna 404 (N5301J), Aspen, 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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