# Accident 19910817034639A: Cessna 182N, Climax, CO, August 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1991, 11:35 local time
- Place: Climax, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3689° N, 106.1836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Climax, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3689&lon=-106.1836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76AM-2003-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN91FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910817034639A

## Narrative

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

STOLEN AIRCRAFT. FLEW INTO BOX CANYON. OBSERVED PULLUP STEEPLY TO AVOID TERRAIN. STALLED. CRASHED.

## 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 DEN91FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91FA116), Aug 17, 1991: Cessna 182N (N76AM), Climax, CO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE NON-RATED PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF…

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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