- Date
- July 21, 1974
- Place
- Crestd Butte, CO · CRESTD BUTTE, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8879TCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740721023339A
- Case key
- 132523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2145 74/7/21 CRESTD BUTTE,COLO CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 205 TIME - 1500 N8879T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERZUH-ROUSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ASPEN,COLO RETURN CRESTD BUTTE,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 70 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SETTLED BACK ON RWY.DENS ALT 11,500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8879T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Verzuh-Rouse
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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.