# NTSB DEN69A0040: Cessna 310I, N8011M, Laveta, CO, March 22, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 22, 1969
- Place: Laveta, CO · LAVETA, CO
- Location: 37.5086° N, 105.0085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Veta, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5086&lon=-105.0085&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69A0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0663  69/3/22    LAVETA,COLO         CESSNA 310I         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1448                    N8011M              PX-  5  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  37, 8700 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-3/28/69.PLT OVER FLEW VOR INTERSECTION.STRUCK MT PEAK IN FLT PATH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8011M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8011M-1970-06-04), registration cancelled 1970-06-04, S/N 310I0011 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Registry model: [Cessna 310I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (registry code 2074224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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