# NTSB DEN85FA167: Cessna 402B, N100HK, Bailey, CO, June 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 17, 1985, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Bailey, CO
- Coordinates: 39.400653, -105.470718 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4007&lon=-105.4707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16542
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85FA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16542/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA167

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)

## Analysis

GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT ENTER LOW CLOUDS GOING SOUTH, THEN EMERGE FROM CLOUDS GOING WENT. ACFT COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN IN WINGS-LEVEL AND POWERED ATTITUDE. MOUNTAINS WERE REPORTED TO BE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS AND FOG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N100HK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100HK-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 402B0409 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402B-0409
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 13, 1985
- Departed: BJC, BROOMFIELD, CO
- Destination: O8V, MONTE VISTA, CO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,000 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day

## 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 19850617073039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850617073039A), Jun 17, 1985: Cessna 402B, Bailey, CO, Destroyed, 7 fatal. Struck trees in area of rising terrain. IFR conditions existed with obscured mountain tops. Fire after crash.

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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