# Accident 20040809018979A: Cessna 172P, Monarch, CO, August 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Monarch, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4989° N, 106.3392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4989&lon=-106.3392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911JR-2006-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04FA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040809018979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AT APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FEET MSL IN VFR CONDITIONS. BOTH PILOTS WERE QUALIFIED TO BE PIC BUT DUE TO THE POST CRASH FIRE THE PILOT FLYING WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. AN EYEWITNESS WHO WAS HIKING NEARBY OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CLOSE TO TERRAIN AND APPEARING TO BE STANDING STILL IN THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN A RIGHT TURN AWAY FROM THE RIDGE, NOSED INTO THE GROUND AND BURNED. THE LOCAL TEMPERATURE WAS 17 DEGREES C, MAKING THE DENSITY ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 14,000 FEET, THE SERVICE CEILING OF THE AIRPLANE. WIND SPEED FROM AN AUTOMATED SITE WAS REPORTED AS ZERO, HOWEVER, WITNESSES SAID THE WIND WAS GUSTY. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE SHOWED PROPELLER DAMAGE INDICATIVE OF A POWER ON CONDITION AND ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES WERE INTACT. THE COCKPIT/CABIN SECTION WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 DEN04FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04FA119), Aug 9, 2004: Cessna 172P (N911JR), Monarch Crest, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall, and his decision to conduct flight beyond the performance capability of the aircraft. A contributing factor was the high density…

## Other reports on N911JR (1)

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

- [Incident 19930627028819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930627028819I), Jun 27, 1993: Cessna 172P (N911JR), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on runway and ran off runway. Hit a taxiway sign.

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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