- Date
- January 5, 1973
- Place
- Glenwood Spg, CO · GLENWOOD SPG, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6811ECessna 175A
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730105000929A
- Case key
- 169710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0152 73/1/5 GLENWOOD SPG,COLO CESSNA 175A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 133 TIME - 1205 N6811E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLENWOOD SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENWOOD SPG,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PREV ACFT BLEW SNOW UP FRM RWY DRG TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6811E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glenwood Springs
N6811ERegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Cessna 175AAirframe modelCessna 175AEngine modelContinental GO-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.