- Date
- June 13, 1981
- Place
- Leadville, CO · LEADVILLE, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5213MBeech C24R
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810613089819A
- Case key
- 125454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3649 81/6/13 NR.LEADVILLE,CO BEECH C24R CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1005 N5213M PX- 1 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 1847 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 34 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEADVILLE,CO COLORADO SPGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 34 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MTN FLYING TRAINING.CRASHED DOWN SLOPE NEAR MTN PASS.DA APRX 15000FT.RECOVERY DATE 6/20/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5213M
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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