# Accident 20000102009719A: Cessna 421B, Telluride, CO, January 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2000, 09:50 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9401° N, 107.8995° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9401&lon=-107.8995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421CF-2000-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000102009719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MONTROSE, CO, ON A FLIGHT TO EL PASO, TEXAS. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR TELLURIDE, COLORADO. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREES WITH APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES NOSE DOWN AND LEFT WING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES.

## 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 DEN00FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA037), Jan 2, 2000: Cessna 421B (N421CF), Telluride, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's intentional flight into IMC, and his subsequent spatial disorientation that resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor was the snow showers weather condition.

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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