Cessna 305A N5222G

26 June 1977 · Gunnison, Colorado, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 26 June 1977 at about 07:40 local time, a Cessna 305A registered N5222G, operated by C.a.p., was involved in an accident during in flight near Gunnison, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 June 1977 at 07:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Gunnison, Colorado, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 305A
Registration: N5222G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: C.a.p.
Operating rule: Civil Air Patrol
Purpose of flight: Search and Rescue
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Gunnison, Co → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1599

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND IN NEARLY 90 DEGREES LEFTBANK AND 70 DEGREES DESCENT. SEARCH MISSION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1599, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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