- Date
- December 24, 1973
- Place
- Walsenburg, CO · WALSENBURG, CO
- Injuries
- 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2324UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731224041049A
- Case key
- 187532
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3808 73/12/24 NR.WALSENBURG,COLO CESSNA 172D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 2400 TIME - 1330 N2324U PX- 0 4 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BROOMFIELD,COLO FARMINGTON,N MEX ALAMOSA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 50 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT ADV AGAINST VFR BY FSS.ACFT CRASHED IN 5FT OF SNOW IN BLIZZARD.WIND EST AT 50-60MPH BY SHERIFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2324U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2324U · 1
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