What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On July 8, 2010 at approximately 1430 mountain daylight time, an American champion 8KCAB, single-engine land airplane, N56BC, was substantially damaged when it impacted mountainous terrain in a wilderness area near estes park, Colorado. The two pilots sustained minor injuries. The airplane was owned byprivacy data omitted, oconomowoc, Wisconsin and was operated by privacy data omitted. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident and a flight plan had not been filed for the title 14 code of federal regulations part 91 personal flight. The airplane had departed the greeley-weld county airport (gxy) greeley, Colorado at 1130 and was destined for aspen-pitkin county airport (ase) aspen, Colorado.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 8, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMERICAN CHAMPION 8KCAB, SINGLE-ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE, N56BC, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN A WILDERNESS AREA NEAR ESTES PARK, COLORADO. THE TWO PILOTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN AND WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED THE GREELEY-WELD COUNTY AIRPORT (GXY) GREELEY, COLORADO AT 1130 AND WAS DESTINED FOR ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT (ASE) ASPEN, COLORADO.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.