- Date
- February 4, 1978
- Place
- Idaho Springs, CO · IDAHO SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N736SPCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780204001089A
- Case key
- 143724
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0230 78/2/4 NR.IDAHO SPRINGS,CO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3803 TIME - 1745 N736SP PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 216 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASPEN,CO STAPELTON INTL ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- AC WAS CLOSE TO A 11709 MTN AT A RECORDED ALTITUDE OF 11400.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Stapelton Intl
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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.