# Accident 20050909018749A: Cessna T207A, Telluride, CO, September 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2005, 07:15 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9536° N, 107.9083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9536&lon=-107.9083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N207GR-2007-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050909018749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLEW TOWARDS A RIDGE ON THE LEEWARD SIDE TRYING TO CLIMB OVER THE RIDGE. ALTITUDE WAS 10,600 FEET MSL. PILOT STATES HE HAD GOOD RATE OF CLIMB UNTIL JUST SHORTLY BEFORE GETTING TO THE RIDGE AT WHICH TIME THE CLIMB CEASED AND A DESCENT BEGAN. PILOT CONTINUED TO RAISE THE NOSE TO CLEAR THE RIDGE, HEARD STALL WARNING HORN AND LEFT WING DROPPED AND NOSE LOWERED. AIRCRAFT TURNED AND IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET BELOW THE RIDGELINE PARALLEL TO THE RIDGE. PILOT STATES AIRCRAFT WAS DEVELOPING GOOD POWER BUT THAT IT JUST STOPPED CLIMBING AND BEGAN TO DESCEND. PILOT STATES HE HAD FLOWN THAT SAME ROUTE USING THAT SAME TECHNIQUE A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST AND THAT HE WAS USED TO EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE FROM HIS AIRCRAFT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS EMPTY AS IT WAS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN05CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA136), Sep 9, 2005: Cessna T207A (N207GR), Telluride, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall,…

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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