- Date
- May 4, 1969
- Place
- Walsenburg, CO · WALSENBURG, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2620RCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1861 69/5/4 WALSENBURG,COLO CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 78 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N2620R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 62 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- IN SLOW FLT,FLAPS EXTENDED CIRCLING CLOSE TO GRND IN MT AREA. TRIED TO CLIMB WHILE IN DOWNDRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2620R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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