- Date
- September 16, 1986, 16:33 local (22:33 UTC)
- Place
- Bennett, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1691VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16847
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt, a bail bondsman, flew to goodland, KS, reportedly in search of an accused felon. On the afternoon of the accident, the plt obtained a wx briefing from the fss and filed a VFR flt plan back to the brighton-van aire airport in Colorado. Wx was cavu. The plt was seen to depart alone from goodland at 1509 CDT. The plt contacted denver a/c, was identified on radar, told to turn to a heading of 320 deg, told to proceed direct to van aire and remain in VFR conditions below the floor of the tca. The plt reported level at 7000 ft MSL. Radio/radar contact was lost shortly thereafter at 1633:33 MDT. Examination of the wreckage disclosed no evidence of airframe, eng, prop, flt control, or systems failure/malfunction prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1691V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263715
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Tri-County Flt School
- Registered owner
- Daniel J. Bauer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 13, 1986
- Departed
- GLD · Goodland, KS
- Destination
- CO12 · Brighton, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 18 nm away
Other investigations on N1691V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.