# Accident 19990502004529A: Cessna 182B, Wolf Creek Pass, CO, May 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1999, 13:40 local time
- Place: Wolf Creek Pass, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2395° N, 107.0307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2395&lon=-107.0307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2424G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2424G-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502004529A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS REPORTED MISSING AND HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ALNOT SINCE 5/2/99THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON 5/4/99, AND THE 2 POB ARE ASSUMED TO HAV E SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON MAY 2, 1999, APPROX. 1340 MDT, A CESSNA 182B, N2424G, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO. THE INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FRONT RANGE AIRPORT, WATKINS, CO. AT APPROX. 1215. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE EAST SIDE OF PAGOSA PEAK (ELEVATION 12,369) AT THE 11,000 LEVEL ALONG A 37 DEGREE INCLINING SLOPE 2.2 MILES WEST OF WOLFCREEK PASS. ALL MAJOR AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROPELLER. SEVERAL WITNESSES WHO WERE DRIVING THROUGH THE PASS NEAR THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT STATED THEY WERE UNABLE TO VIEW THE PEAKS OF THE PASS DUE      DUE TO LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS.

## 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 DEN99FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA072), May 2, 1999: Cessna 182B (N2424G), Pagosa Springs, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's disregard of the adverse weather forecast, and his flight into known adverse weather by flying into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the existing weather conditions that…

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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