- Date
- October 27, 1975
- Place
- Monarch Pass, CO · MONARCH PASS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13496Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751027034709A
- Case key
- 151081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3200 75/10/27 MONARCH PASS,CO CESSNA 172M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 600 TIME - 1140 N13496 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUNNISON,CO AKRON,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 28 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT UNABLE TO OUT CLIMB RISING TERRAIN,HIT TREE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13496
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N13496Registration cancelled Sep 5, 2014 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.