- Date
- March 6, 1983, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Limon, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84822Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830306006129A
- Case key
- 15973
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Analysis
The acft crashed in a snow covered field during IMC weather. Witnesses heard and saw an acft flying low in the area of the accident just before the crash. There are no known witnesses to the actual crash. The acft was discovered several hours later by a snow plow operator passing on a nearby road. The acft crashed in a flat open field in wings level, nose low, descending attitude on a heading of 135 degrees. The weather was indefinite ceilings, 200 feet, sky obscured, visibility less thatn one mile with snow, wind 360 degrees at 17 KTS. The pilot was not instrument rated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84822
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258629
- Airframe hours
- 4,107
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mr & Mrs Phyllis M. Gillespie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1982 · 446 hours before
- Departed
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Destination
- STK · Sterling, CO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 245 in this make and model · 206 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 17 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WSMO, 20 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.