19991110043839A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-30 · Lake City, CO · November 10, 1999

Date: November 10, 1999 · 14:30 local
Place: Lake City, CO
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N6691V
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN00FA135
Reported as: Blanca 1730
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2

N6691VRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2001 · Bellanca 17-30S/N 30022 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30

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What happened

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(-23) Bellanca viking 17-30, N6691V, was destroyed and the commercial rated pilot (at controls) and the private pilot rated passenger (wife) were fatally injured, when it impacted terrain west of Lake City, Colorado. The cross-country flight originated from Colorado springs, CO. At 12:30 MST, 11-10-99. No flight plan had been filed, but witnesses stated that the intended destination was las vegas, NV.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) BELLANCA VIKING 17-30, N6691V, WAS DESTROYED AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT (AT CONTROLS) AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RATED PASSENGER (WIFE) WERE FATALLY INJURED, WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WEST OF LAKE CITY, COLORADO. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. AT 12:30 MST, 11-10-99. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED, BUT WITNESSES STATED THAT THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS LAS VEGAS, NV.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB DEN00FA135Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportLake City, COthe pilot's inadequate flight planning and preparation, and his inadvertent flight into adverse weather during a cross-country flight over mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were, the cloudy obscuration weather condition, the high density altitude, and…Nov 10, 1999 · Destroyed