- Date
- August 17, 1991, 11:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Climax, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N76AMCessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910817034639A
- Case key
- 18032
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Probable cause
Improper in-flight planning/decision by the non-rated pilot and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall. A factor related to the accident was: the pilot's lack of qualification.
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 aircraft was stolen on the morning of the accident by a non pilot rated person. The purpose of the flight and the destination are unknown. The pilot took off from Colorado springs and flew a course to the northwest and eventually into a box canyon in the rocky mountains. Witnesses in the vicinity of the accident observed the pilot pull the nose of the aircraft up steeply in an attempt to fly out of the box canyon. The nose of the aircraft dropped suddenly and the aircraft struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76AM
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260244
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alfred M. Micallef, doing business as Micallef Klbnk Invest. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Alfred M. Micallef
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Spring, 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
- 24
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.