# NTSB DEN73ADO20: Cessna 172, N6611A, Paonia, CO, November 10, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 10, 1972
- Place: Paonia, CO · PAONIA, CO
- Location: 38.8698° N, 107.5921° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paonia, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8698&lon=-107.5921&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168916
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN73ADO20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73ADO20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3371  72/11/10   PAONIA,COLO         CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 279
        TIME - 1045                    N6611A              PX-  2  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -  NORTH FOLK VLY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PAONIA,COLO                 DELTA,UTAH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- RTE OF FLT TWD RISING MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6611A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6611A-1973-06-27), registration cancelled 1973-06-27, S/N 28711 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport:  North Folk Vly

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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