- Date
- September 23, 1977
- Place
- Salida, CO · SALIDA, CO
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1452MCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770923040169A
- Case key
- 144706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3669 77/9/23 NR.SALIDA,CO CESSNA U206 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 957 TIME - 0725 N1452M PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRIET ALEXANDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALIDA,CO CORTEZ,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORECAST 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UN CLEAR MTN RIDGE.WX BRFG INCLUDED FCST OF 45K WINDS ALOFT AT MTN TOP LEVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1452M
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harriet Alexander
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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.