- Date
- March 2, 1974
- Place
- Glenwood Spg, CO · GLENWOOD SPG, CO
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N711AHMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740302016469A
- Case key
- 186716
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0821 74/3/2 GLENWOOD SPG,COLO MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1422 N711AH PX- 4 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 35, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 165 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX ASPEN,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 44 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BELOW CLOUDS,NR MTN PEAKS.L TURN TO LOCATE ARPT.HIT MTN.RCVRD 3/4/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711AH
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.