# Accident 20010124005639A: Cessna 182, Elbert, CO, January 24, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2001, 20:31 local time
- Place: Elbert, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0597° N, 104.6364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0597&lon=-104.6364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2898R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2898R-2001-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010124005639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT WITH TREES 7 MILES NORTH OF MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT. CONDITIONS AT NEAREST REPORTING SITE WERE REPORTING AS INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO RADIO CONTACT WITH THE AIRPLANE, ATRCC HAS IDENTIFIED ON RADAR AN AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT. THE PLOT SHOWS AN AIRCRAFT TRAVELING ON A STEADY COURSE TOWARDS MEADOWLAKE AIRPORT BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM THE SCREEN. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

## 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 DEN01FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA045), Jan 25, 2001: Cessna 182K (N2898R), Elbert, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued visual flight rules (VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing factors to the accident…

## Other reports on N2898R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850812051029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850812051029I), Aug 12, 1985: Cessna 182K (N2898R), Billings, MT, Minor damage. Student pilot landed on nose wheel. Damage to nose gear, propeller and fuselage. Not endorsed properly for flight.
- [Accident 19760427014479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760427014479A), Apr 27, 1976: Cessna 182K (N2898R), Lake Geneva, WI, Substantial damage

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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