# NTSB DEN70A0003: Cessna 182, N5558B, Trinidad, CO, July 6, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1969
- Place: Trinidad, CO · TRINIDAD, CO
- Location: 37.1762° N, 104.4903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trinidad, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1762&lon=-104.4903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 16, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70A0003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70A0003

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2378   69/7/6    TRINIDAD,COLO       CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 762
        TIME - 2037                    N5558B              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 436 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- PLT UNAWARE OF HEIGHT OF MTS IN FLT PATH RESULTING IN CRASH ON MT SIDE.DARK NITE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5558B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5558B-1970-08-28), registration cancelled 1970-08-28, S/N 33558 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N5558B (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC65D0096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC65D0096), May 1, 1965: Cessna 182 (N5558B), Yankton, SD, substantial damage

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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