- Date
- September 27, 1969
- Place
- Walsenburg, CO · WALSENBURG, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78284Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2706 69/9/27 WALSENBURG,COLO CESSNA 172 CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0715 N78284 PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 24, 621 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,COLO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING REMARKS- FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN. 7000 FT ALT. TEMP UNK. OBSERVERS SEAT BELT UNFASTENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78284
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N78284Registration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N78284 · 1
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