- Date
- January 12, 1968
- Place
- Grant, CO · GRANT, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2653RCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3306 68/1/12 GRANT,COLO CESSNA 182K CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 15000 TIME - 0717 N2653R PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCOMPLETE WEATHER REPORT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- MT WAVE ACTIVITY WAS NOT GIVEN TO PLT IN FORECAST DURING WX BRIEFING.RECOVERY DATE-6/24/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2653R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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