- Date
- November 9, 1966
- Place
- Lamar, CO · LAMAR, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3247SCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120625
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0971 66/11/9 LAMAR COLO CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 219 TIME - 2200 N3247S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMAR MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- PLT LOST CONTROL ON NITE TAKEOFF CLIMB,OVER DARK,SPARSELY LIGHTED,DESERT TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3247S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lamar Muni
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