- Date
- April 14, 1988, 09:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Garfield, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714BKCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880414009229A
- Case key
- 17464
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was ferrying his acft from burlington, NC to kelso, WA. After refueling his acft to capacity (26 gal.), he stayed overnight in lamar, CO. He departed lamar the next morning at 0800. He passed pueblo, CO at 7500 ft., and obtained a wx briefing from the Colorado springs fss. He crossed salida, CO at 9700 ft. and continued towards monarch pass. The plt said he realized the acft would not clear monarch pass (elevation 11,312 ft. MSL) and he was unable to turn around. The plt elected to land in an open, snow-covered field at the 10,400 ft level, near the summit of monarch pass, about 2 mi sw of Garfield, CO. On touchdown, the acft overturned in the deep snow. Straight line distance from lamar, CO to the crash site is aprx 175 sm. Computed density altitude at the crash site was aprx 10,700 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714BK
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079048
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harvey E. White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- LAA · Lamar, CO
- Destination
- MTJ · Montrose, 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,100 total · 400 in this make and model · 4,200 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 78 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.