# NTSB DEN85LA207: Cessna 205, N1818Z, Pueblo, CO, July 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1985, 13:58 local (19:58 UTC)
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Coordinates: 38.360652, -104.769424 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3607&lon=-104.7694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 5 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16738
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16738/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA207

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, maneuvering
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - mixture - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1818Z-2013-01-31), registration cancelled 2013-01-31, S/N 205-0018, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 205-0018
- Airframe hours: 2608
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850730035069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850730035069A), Jul 30, 1985: Cessna 2105, Pueblo, CO, Substantial damage. Engine lost power after low circling over houses. Pilot failed to enrichen mixture after descent from FL140.

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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