- Date
- October 18, 1987, 16:08 local (22:08 UTC)
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N736KTCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871018076589A
- Case key
- 17407
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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
The plt rprtd that the flt was headed northeast toward mt yeckel when the acft encountered wind shear & downdrafts & was forced into trees. Rprtdly, the acft was flying over rising terrain in a canyon area at an elev of about 11,000' when the acdnt occurred. The computed density alt was 12,500'. According to the operator's manual, the predicted rate of climb for that alt was 257' per min.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736KT
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722594
- Airframe hours
- 1,280
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richmor Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- ASE · Aspen, 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 44 in this make and model · 123 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ASE, 12 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.