# Accident 20110719015589A: Cessna 182S, Meeker, CO, July 19, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Meeker, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0486° N, 107.8858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0486&lon=-107.8858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N314FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 250 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA492](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA492) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110719015589A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN AND TREES NEAR MEEKER, COLORADO.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO MEEKER AIRPORT (KEEO).  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.  THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL TO THE RIGHT STABILIZER, RIGHT WING, AND GEAR STRUT FUSELAGE.  THERE WERE WAS OTHER DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, WING, ELEVATOR, AND MULTIPLE SCRAPES.

## 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 CEN11CA492](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA492), Jul 19, 2011: Cessna 182S (N314FR), Meeker, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into a downdraft, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees.

## Other reports on N314FR (2)

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

- [Accident 20230321002629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230321002629A), Mar 21, 2023: Cessna 182S (N314FR), Casper, WY, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Aircraft for unknown reasons crashed into rough terrain pilot sustained fatal injuries
- [Accident 20010612013669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010612013669A), Jun 12, 2001: Cessna 182S (N314FR), Corolla, NC, Substantial damage. (.19)On June 12, 2001, at about 1300 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182S, N314FR, registered to an individual, collided with trees and a fence during landing…

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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