- Date
- July 23, 1991, 18:40 local (Jul 24, 1991, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Redstone, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20887Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910723042499A
- Case key
- 18031
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Probable cause
An inflight collision with terrain after the pilot continued the flight into an area of clouds and rain.
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 conducting a cross country flight to pick up a student. The commercial pilot/flight instructor entered IMC conditions in mountainouse terrain with inadequate altitude to clear the terrain. The aircraft collided with a 12,000 foot mountain at 10,400 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20887
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261286
- Engine
- Continental O-470-151B, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert F. Schuler
- Registered owner
- Robert F. Schuler
- Departed
- MTJ · Montrose, CO
- Destination
- 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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 931 total · 36 in this make and model · 778 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.