Cessna 182B accident near Pagosa Springs, CO
On May 2, 1999, a Cessna 182B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pagosa Springs, CO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 2, 1999
- Place
- Pagosa Springs, CO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.239°N, 107.031°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X18739
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 2, 1999, approximately 1340 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182B, N2424G, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed when it collided with terrain while maneuvering 10 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The instrument rated commercial pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. A VFR flight plan had been filed for the personal cross-country flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated from Front Range Airport, Watkins, Colorado, at 1212, and was en route to Stevens Field, Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the accident area. According to family members, the pilot and his wife had planned a vacation to visit relatives in Pagosa Springs and Farmington, New Mexico. They were planning a stop in Pagosa Springs for several hours to visit their son and the pilot's brother, and were then going to continue on to Farmington to visit their daughter and her family. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, the pilot of N2424G obtained four weather briefings by accessing the Direct User Access System (DUAT). At 0845 and 0855, the pilot requested information for a flight from Denver to Farmington, New Mexico. According to DUAT records, the "low altitude weather brief" the pilot received included AIRMETs (airman's meteorological information) calling for IFR conditions, mountain obscuration, turbulence and icing conditions. The mountains were forecast to be occasionally obscured in clouds, with occasional moderate rime or mixed icing in clouds and precipi
Probable cause
The pilot's disregard of the adverse weather forecast, and his flight into known adverse weather by flying into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the existing weather conditions that included low ceilings, obscuration, and icing conditions, and the mountainous, rising terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
