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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Pagosa Springs, CO · July 30, 1993

Date
July 30, 1993 · 17:45 local
Place
Pagosa Springs, CO
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGLIL
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total300 in this make and model20 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.

VFR flight plan encountered thunderstorms mountain terrain. Crashed into trees trying to make emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

VFR FLIGHT PLAN ENCOUNTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. CRASHED INTO TREES TRYING TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING.