# Accident 20070106000509A: Cessna 182G, Lamar, CO, January 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2007, 19:10 local time
- Place: Lamar, CO
- Airport: Lamar Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0500° N, 103.5100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0500&lon=-103.5100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2185R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070106000509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 6, 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO (COS) TO LAMAR, COLORADO (LAA) IN A CESSNA 182G, SERIAL #18255385, REGISTRATION N2185R. UPON ARRIVING AT LAA, VISUAL CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AT LAA AND THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS CANCELLED DOWNWIND TO LAA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ SET UP FOR LANDING AND THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WAS NORMAL. AFTER FLARING THE AIRCRAFT, THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WENT OUT OF VIEW AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE LIGHTS WERE OBSCURED BY SNOW PILED UP 2 1/2 TO 3 FEET HIGH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ LOST VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND RAN THE AIRCRAFT INTO A SNOW BANK WHICH RIPPED OUT THE NOSE GEAR, DAMAGING THE FIREWALL AND PROP. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ AND HIS 3 PASSENGERS GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT UNHARMED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT HE HAD PUT ON HIS LANDING LIGHT, BUT IT APPARENTLY HAD BURNT OUT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT AS A TOTAL LOSS.

## 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 DEN07CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA047), Jan 7, 2007: Cessna 182G (N2185R), Lamar, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inability to maintain directional control resulting in an impact with a snow bank. Contributing factors include the obscured runway lights, inoperative landing lights, and the pilot's…

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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