- Date
- March 14, 1974
- Place
- Rocky Ford, CO · ROCKY FORD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6150RCessna T210F
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740314007229A
- Case key
- 125889
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3055 74/3/14 ROCKY FORD,COLO CESSNA T210F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 268 TIME - 2100 N6150R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- GR DOWN,FLAPS MID-RANGE.HIT GND 1ST WITH L WING TIP,CARTWHEELED.420LB MARIJUANA ONBD.RCVRD 3/17/74
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6150R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- 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.
Other investigations on N6150R · 1
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