- Date
- December 27, 1971
- Place
- Walsenburg, CO · WALSENBURG, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3082SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3603 71/12/27 WALSENBURG,COLO CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N3082S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,COLO TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- MDT TURBC,STRONG UP/DOWNDRAFTS FCSTD NEAR MTNS.CAUGHT BY DOWNDRAFT IN TURN,DSCNDD BLO RIDGE LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3082S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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