# Accident 19880804030159A: Cessna 182P, Guffey, CO, August 4, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1988, 09:00 local time
- Place: Guffey, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7607° N, 105.5098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Guffey, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7607&lon=-105.5098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182VR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N182VR-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,501 total, 489 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880804030159A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF HEAVY FOG, TRIED TO TURN AROUND AND THEN TRIED TO LAND IN ROCKY FIELD. HIT A POLE. CAUGHT FIRE.

## 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 DEN88LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA172), Aug 4, 1988: Cessna 182 (N182VR), Guffey, CO, destroyed

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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