- Date
- June 26, 1984, 14:16 local (20:16 UTC)
- Place
- Red Feather Lak, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5096RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840626026689A
- Case key
- 16223
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Proper climb rate - not possibleCause
Terrain condition - risingFactor
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Analysis
Acft departed downwind into rising terrain with density altitude calculated to be 10,935 ft. acft was observed to mush into rising terrain 300 ft higher than and 3 mi west of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5096R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG9938
- Airframe hours
- 1,325
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Robb, doing business as Imperial Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- James R. Robb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 17CO · Rd Fthrs Lake/C, CO
- Destination
- GXY · Greeley, 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 524 total · 17 in this make and model · 476 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Observed at
- USFS, 8 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.