DEN69A0014

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 210 · Fort Morgan, CO · September 21, 1968

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
September 21, 1968
Place
Fort Morgan, CO · FORT MORGAN, CO
Injuries
5 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N3745YCessna 210
Status
Completed · report August 13, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
192090

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4603  68/9/21    FORT MORGAN,COLO    CESSNA 210          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 129
        TIME - 2050                    N3745Y              PX-  4  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT MORGAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK 35 FT TREES APRX 3/4 MILE FROM ARPT.

Aircraft

Registration
N3745Y
Reported as
Cessna 210
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Fort Morgan

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Other investigations on N3745Y · 1

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