# NTSB DEN70A0026: Cessna 180, N2808D, Center, CO, October 17, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 17, 1969
- Place: Center, CO · CENTER, CO
- Location: 37.7523° N, 106.1104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Center, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7523&lon=-106.1104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160066
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70A0026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70A0026

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2808D-1970-07-13), registration cancelled 1970-07-13, S/N 30449 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Leach

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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