- Date
- October 20, 1972
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2458RCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3527 72/10/20 DENVER,COLO CESSNA 182 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 367 TIME - 1154 N2458R PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENVER,COLO DENVER,COLO GREELEY,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- WAKE TURB FROM ELECTRA.TWR CAUTIONED PLT.ACFT HIT MOVING CAR WHICH THEN STRUCK 2 OTHER CARS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2458R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stapleton
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