- Date
- March 2, 1977
- Place
- Pecos, NM · PECOS, NM
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2861YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770302023649A
- Case key
- 157890
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1855 77/3/2 NR.PECOS, NM CESSNA 182E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 167 TIME - 0435 N2861Y PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ARAPAHOE COUNTY, CO TUCSON, AZ ALBUQUERQUE, NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - LOW CEILING PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 05-18-77. PILOT NOT BRIEFED BY FSS PERSONNEL ON AREA AND TERMINAL FORECASTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2861Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2861YRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 182EAirframe modelCessna 182EEngine modelContinental O-470R
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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