# Accident 20060125000979A: Cessna 172C, Pagosa Springs, CO, January 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2006, 13:35 local time
- Place: Pagosa Springs, CO
- Airport: Stevens Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2862° N, 107.0560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEVENS FLD (PSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2862&lon=-107.0560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1470Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1470Y-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 650 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060125000979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LAS VEGAS NM AIRPORT ENROUTE TO FARMINGTON, NM. AS FLIGHT PROGRESSED WEATHER MOVED INTO THE FARMINGTON AREA AND PILOT ELECTED TO CHANGE DESTINATION TO PAGOSA SPRINGS AIRPORT. AS PILOT APPROACHED PAGOSA SPRINGS, WEATHER CLOSED IN AND PILOT COULD NOT GET TO THE AIRPORT. WEATHER DETERIORATED AND PILOT SAW NO ESCAPE VMC FROM THE WEATHER AND ELECTED TO LAND ON A COUNTY ROAD. THE ROAD WAS SNOW COVERED AND BRAKING WAS INEFFECTIVE. AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE ROAD AT THE END AND IMPACTED A TREE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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