- Date
- August 4, 1988, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Guffey, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N182VRCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880804030159A
- Case key
- 17516
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather evaluation - improperCause
Vfr flight into imc - intentionalCause
Forced landing
Precautionary landing - performedFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Object - poleFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182VR
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263229
- Airframe hours
- 2,468
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dr. Sternberg, Arthur M.
- Registered owner
- Sternberg, Arthur M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1988 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- 1V6 · Canon City, CO
- Destination
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
N182VRRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Cessna 182PAirframe modelCessna 182PEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,501 total · 489 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.