# NTSB DEN84FA231: Cessna 182P, N7292S, Climax, CO, November 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 13, 1983, 21:12 local (Nov 14, 1983, 04:12 UTC)
- Place: Climax, CO
- Location: 39.3689° N, 106.1836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Climax, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3689&lon=-106.1836&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84FA231
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16232/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA231

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE WRECKAGE OF N7292S WAS LOCATED BY THE COLORADO CIVIL AIR PATROL ON JULY 22, 1984. AN ON-SCENE EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED TALL PINE TREES IN A NEAR VERTICAL RIGHT HAND SPIRAL MANEUVER. IMPACT FORCES DESTROYED THE ACFT AND ALL OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED AT IMPACT. THE ENTIRE WRECKAGE WAS WITHIN AN APPROXIMATE 100 FT AREA. DUE TO THE EXTENT OF IMPACT DAMAGE FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7292S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7292S-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N 18265091, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265091
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry L. Bean
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, September 9, 1982
- Departed: APA, ENGLEWOOD, CO
- Destination: CEZ, CORTEZ, CO
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 238 total, 198 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LVX

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831113057469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831113057469A), Nov 13, 1983: Cessna 182P, Climax, CO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Pireps of severe turbulence, mountain top obscured and icing given to pilot. He encountered all 3, lost control.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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