- Date
- February 6, 1966
- Place
- Leadville, CO · LEADVILLE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3507CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174192
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0352 66/2/6 LEADVILLE COLO CESSNA 170B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 160 TIME - 1400 N3507C PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 215 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PILOT INEXPERIENCED IN MOUNTAIN FLYING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3507C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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