# Accident 20000708010229A: Cessna 195, Aspen, CO, July 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2000, 11:20 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2400° N, 106.7117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2400&lon=-106.7117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4377V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4377V-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755A series (registry code 35006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000708010229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DIED IN CRASH.

## 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 DEN00FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA127), Jul 8, 2000: Cessna 195 (N4377V), Aspen, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's poor in-flight decision to fly up a valley with rapidly rising terrain, which resulted in the airplane colliding with the terrain due to its climb performance being exceeded. A…

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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