- Date
- April 5, 1989, 12:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Steamboat Sprg., CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7248NCessna 182P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890405009719A
- Case key
- 17593
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Probable cause
The plt's failure to discontinue the VFR flight when he encountered IMC; and the plt's failure to maintain adequate altitude to clear the mountainous terrain.
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 airplane departed Steamboat springs, CO, VFR, en route to ft. collins, CO, along the radial of V-101. The plt did not file a flt plan. The plt was flying to ft. collins to take a 14 CFR 135 check ride with the FAA. The en route terrain was mountainous with elevations between 10,000 and 13,500 ft and the weather was described as IMC with mtn top obscurations. The airplane did not arrive at destination and an extensive air and gnd search did not locate the airplane. Two months after airplane was reported missing, wreckage was found approximately 3 miles south of intended route of flt in mountainous terrain at an elevation of 13,000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7248N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263039
- Airframe hours
- 3,975
- Engine
- Continental O-470-RCS, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Steamboat Springs Aviation, doing business as Steamboat Aviation
- Registered owner
- H And H Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- SBS · Steamboat Sprgs, CO
- Destination
- FNL · Ft. Collins, 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 2,150 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
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 N7248N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.