- Date
- October 17, 1969
- Place
- Center, CO · CENTER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2808DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2942 69/10/17 CENTER,COLO CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 3000 TIME - 1125 N2808D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPRNGS,COLO CENTER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT UNMARKED POWER LINES WHICH CROSSED END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2808D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Leach
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