- Date
- October 18, 1981
- Place
- Steamboat Spgs, CO · STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1775MCessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811018067889A
- Case key
- 123029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3204 81/10/18 STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO CESSNA 182P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 12000 TIME - 0700 N1775M PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2900 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROUTT CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 33 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- WINDSHIELD FOGGED OVER DRG TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1775M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Routt Co
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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.