ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361960
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Date: | Thursday 3 June 1993 |
Time: | 14:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182A |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N2131G |
MSN: | 51431 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1418 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Stratton, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | La Junta, CO (KLHX) |
Destination airport: | Limon, CO (KLIC) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE WEATHER DETERIORATED AND THE NON INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT ATTEMPTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A ROAD. THE ROAD WAS WET, SOFT, AND MUDDY, AND DURING LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE ROAD AND IMPACTED IN A ROADSIDE DITCH. THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEF ONE HOUR PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE WEATHER BRIEF FORECAST THE WEATHER TO BE VFR ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND TO REMAIN VFR FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS AFTER ARRIVAL.
Probable Cause: THE SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. A FACTOR WAS: MISJUDGING THE DETERIORATING WEATHER.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN93LA065 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DEN93LA065
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 July 2009 |
N2131G |
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0 |
Watertown, South Dakota |
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sub |
Fuel exhaustion |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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