- Date
- April 23, 1983, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Leadville, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4609JCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423015189A
- Case key
- 16069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with snow covered rising terrain when flt was attempted through a canyon pass. The plt said he could see that the terrain could not be cleared so he was trying to turn around to fly out. The acft stalled in the turn and mushed into the snow. The plt had lowered 10 degrees of flaps and reported that the stall warning was going. The plt said he sould have circled longer or carried one less person or less fuel. The density alt was computed as 14,012 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4609J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273653
- Airframe hours
- 988
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-HZAD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alpine Flight Services
- Registered owner
- Cohig And Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1982 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- LUX · Leadville, CO
- Destination
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,975 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 4,584 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.