# Accident 19990706008319A: Cessna 182J, La Veta, CO, July 6, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1999, 07:45 local time
- Place: La Veta, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5097° N, 105.0003° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5097&lon=-105.0003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3334F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3334F-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706008319A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (-23)ON JULY 6, 1999, AT 0745 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182J, N3334F, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILES EAST OF THE LA VET-CUCHARA AIRPORT, LA VETA, COLORADO, FOLLOWING TAKEOFF.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HER PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS PERSONAL FLIGHT OPERATION UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  THE DESTINATION WAS AMARILLO, TEXAS.  ACCORDING TO WITNESS INFORMATION THE WEATHER AT THE LA VETA-CUCHARA VALLEY AIRPORT WAS ABOUT 500 FOOT OVERCAST AT THE TIME THE FLIGHT DEPARTED.  THE AIRPORT ALTITUDE WAS 7,153 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), AND THE ACCIDENT SIDE ELEVATION WAS 7,430 FEET MSL.  ACCORDING TO FAA RECORDS, THE PILOT DID NOT POSSESS AN INSTRUMENT RATING AND ACCORDING TO HER LOGBOOK, SHE HAD NO ACTUAL INSTRUMENT FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.

## 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 DEN99FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA114), Jul 6, 1999: Cessna 182J (N3334F), La Veta, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain control of the aircraft. Factors were low ceiling and the pilot's lack of instrument experience.

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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