- Date
- July 30, 1985, 13:58 local (19:58 UTC)
- Place
- Pueblo, CO
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1818ZCessna 205
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850730035069A
- Case key
- 16738
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Analysis
The plt/owner departed Pueblo, CO, on a VFR pleasure flt to California. During the flt the plt encountered IMC and elected to return to Pueblo. Witnesses observed the plt making low passes over his parent's home in west Pueblo just prior to impacting rolling terrain. The acft was substantially damaged, however, the plt reported that all occupants of the acft received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1818Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205-0018
- Airframe hours
- 2,608
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn Allen Yeater
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1984
- Departed
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Destination
- Huntington Bch, CA
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 481 total · 132 in this make and model · 419 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUB, 5 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.