ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298732
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 2000 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 195 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4377V |
| MSN: | 7299 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aspen, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aspen, CO (KASE) |
| Watkins, CO (KFTG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot flew the airplane from the departure airport (field elevation of 7,815 feet msl) to a point approximately 3 miles north before turning southeast and flying up a valley. Local pilots stated that the normal procedure for departing the airport was to fly north 8 to 10 nautical miles north before turning into a different valley. The valley where the wreckage was located was surrounded by rapidly rising terrain on each side and terminated at a mountain ridge with elevations up to 12,700 feet msl. The accident site was located at an elevation of 9,860 feet. The wreckage energy path was oriented almost opposite the direction needed to fly up the valley, indicating that the pilot attempted to reverse direction and fly out of the valley. No anomalies were noted with the airframe or engine that would have prevented normal operation of the aircraft. The density altitude at the time of the accident was calculated to be 10,518 feet.
Probable Cause: the pilot's poor in-flight decision to fly up a valley with rapidly rising terrain, which resulted in the airplane colliding with the terrain due to its climb performance being exceeded. A contributing factors was the high, rapidly rising, mountainous terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN00FA127
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 22:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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