- Date
- August 6, 1975
- Place
- Steamboat Spgs, CO · STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5729XCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750806024819A
- Case key
- 150189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2306 75/8/6 STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO CESSNA 320 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 419 TIME - 1345 N5729X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEAMBOAT SPGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASPEN,CO STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 84 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESTROYED HANGAR AND C-172 N7175A.GUSTS TO 18K. WING FLAPS SET 20 DEG. DENSITY ALT 10000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5729X
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Steamboat Spgs
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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