- Date
- October 3, 1976
- Place
- Pagosa Spgs, CO · PAGOSA SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2578QCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761003033149A
- Case key
- 155887
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3307 76/10/3 PAGOSA SPGS,CO CESSNA 182K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 153 TIME - 1615 N2578Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEVENS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAGOSA SPGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- MAX WIND GUST NOT REPORTED.RUNWAY HAS HILLS AND TREES EACH SIDE OF LDG ZONE.WIND CURRENTS IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2578Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stevens Field
N2578QRegistration cancelled Jan 7, 2022 · Cessna 182KAirframe modelCessna 182KEngine modelContinental O-470 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.