# Accident 19850730035039A: Cessna 182, Lasalle, CO, July 30, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1985, 07:55 local time
- Place: Lasalle, CO
- Airport: Valley View
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3404° N, 104.7004° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3404&lon=-104.7004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5642B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5642B-2013-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 0 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850730035039A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT TOOK OFF IN IFR CONDITIONS AND CRASHED NEARBY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. LOST CONTROL IN FOG ON CLIMBOUT.

## 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 DEN85FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA203), Jul 30, 1985: Cessna C-182 (N5642B), La Salle, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N5642B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820525025249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820525025249I), May 25, 1982: Cessna 182 (N5642B), Nucla, CO, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing and ran off runway.

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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