# NTSB DEN80FA028: Cessna 182RG, N76064, Ordway, CO, March 11, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 11, 1980
- Place: Ordway, CO · ORDWAY, CO
- Location: 38.2208° N, 103.7566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ordway, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2208&lon=-103.7566&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131586
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN80FA028
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA028

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3753  80/3/11    ORDWAY,CO           CESSNA 182RG        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 25, 1420
        TIME - 1925                    N76064              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 795 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ORDWAY,CO                   RETURN                       LAMAR,CO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          GROUND FOG                                                42
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- OBTAINED WX INFO AFTR TKOF,RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N76064 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Private Strip

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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