- Date
- October 6, 1986, 07:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- Glenwood Spring, CO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N33215Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861006047899A
- Case key
- 17141
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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
While on takeoff the acft became airborne, settled back onto the rwy, ran off the end of the rwy into a 150 foot deep river gorge, and impacted in the river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33215
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0922
- Airframe hours
- 1,893
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Triple S Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 12, 1986 · 93 hours before
- Destination
- APA · Denver, CO
- Airport
- GWS · Glenwood Springs, runway 14, 3,305 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,598 total · 147 in this make and model · 6,598 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EGE, 20 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.
Other investigations on N33215 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.