- Date
- September 12, 1974
- Place
- Virginia Dle, CO · VIRGINIA DLE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72537Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740912034089A
- Case key
- 136821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2824 74/9/12 NR.VIRGINIA DLE,COLO CESSNA 140 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 2500 TIME - 1905 N72537 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENVER,COLO VERNAL,UT GREELEY,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- GENERATOR INOP.NO ATTITUDE IND INSTALLED.NO ANTI-ICE/DE-ICE EQUIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72537
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N72537Registration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 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.