- Date
- March 16, 1977
- Place
- Elk Mountain, WY · ELK MOUNTAIN, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1630XCessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770316033889A
- Case key
- 157700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3090 77/3/16 NR.ELK MOUNTAIN,WY CESSNA 210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 281 TIME - 2050 N1630X PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK SPRINGS,WY DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 070477.ACFT FLEW INTO MT AT CRUISEALT AFTER PILOT CHANGED COURSE ENROUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1630X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1630X · 2
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