- Date
- July 12, 1981
- Place
- Crested Butte, CO · CRESTED BUTTE, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4539QGulf-Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810712043769A
- Case key
- 123891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2449 81/7/12 NR.CRESTED BUTTE,CO GULF-AMER AA-5B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 175 TIME - 1025 N4539Q PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESTED BUTTE,CO BOULDER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 68 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DENSITY ALT AT ACCIDENT SITE 13400 FEET, ACFT SERVICE CEILING 13800 FEET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4539Q
- Reported as
- Gulf-Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crested Butte
N4539QRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.