- Date
- March 23, 1973
- Place
- Garfield, CO · GARFIELD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8700TCessna 182C
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730323008099A
- Case key
- 170601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0844 73/3/23 GARFIELD,COLO CESSNA 182C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 120 TIME - 1745 N8700T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT SALIDA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 20 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MTNS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. RECOVERED 3/26/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8700T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8700T · 2
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