- Date
- June 9, 1984, 11:37 local (17:37 UTC)
- Place
- Cascade, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2676QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840609073719A
- Case key
- 16219
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Analysis
The purpose of the flt was to qualify one of the plts to fly search missions over mountainous terrain. Such flts included maneuvering at low alt, but not below 500 ft AGL. During the flt, the acft crashed on the nortwest side of pikes peak at an elevation of about 10,300 ft. initial impact was with 75 ft tall trees on a magnetic heading OF080 deg. No preimpact failure/malfunction was found. A plt in the vicinity of the accident site noted moderate turbulence & up/downdrafts of 2,000 ft/min. The plt being qualified had only one previous flt in the Cessna 182 (2.4 hrson 1/22/84) & had logged no flt time since that date.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2676Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257876
- Airframe hours
- 3,946
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cap Div. Dept Of Mil. Affairs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1984 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Spring, CO
- Flight plan
- Company 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,565 total · 92 in this make and model · 1,443 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 9 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.