- Date
- July 12, 1986, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Castle, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78764Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860712032489A
- Case key
- 17000
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Plt attempted to abort landing while on short final with 40 degrees of flaps. Plt decided that he would not clear trees at the FAR end of meadow so he executed a precautionary landing during which the acft struck a ditch and nosed over. The density altitude was calculated to be 11,823 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78764
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-61783
- Airframe hours
- 2,622
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Crepeau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1986 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- RIL · Rifle, CO
- Destination
- Cold Springs, CO
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 901 total · 319 in this make and model · 865 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.