- Date
- July 25, 1982, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Nr. Colorado Sp, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9424UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820725031909A
- Case key
- 72054
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed in north cheyenne wood near pikes peak at approximately 8400 ft MSL. The plt reported that after arriving at the first ridge of mountains he was caught in downdrafts. Unable to clear the top of a mountain, he turned into a box canyon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9424U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078372
- Airframe hours
- 3,285
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elias Marzan Hernandez
- Registered owner
- G.H.T. Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- 00V · Falcon, CO
- Destination
- 00V · Falcon, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 495 total · 200 in this make and model · 426 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 192 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9424U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.