Cessna R172K N758PB

Summary

On 8 September 1983 at about 12:30 local time, a Cessna R172K registered N758PB was involved in an accident near Silverton, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 September 1983 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Silverton, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

37.8207, -107.6402

Aircraft

Cessna R172K

Registration

N758PB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Longmont → Durango

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FA214

1 person died.

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

THE PLT DEPARTED LONGMONT, CO AT ABOUT 0520 MDT. AT 0617 MDT, HE CONTACTED THE DENVER EN ROUTE FLT ADVISORY SERVICE & RECEIVED WX INFO. THE LOCATION OF THE ACFT AT THAT TIME WAS NOT DETERMINED. NO FURTHER RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PLT. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE AT ITS DESTINATION. IT WAS FOUND ON 9/9/83 WHERE IT IMPACTED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 12,500 FT. IMPACT OCCURRED ON STEEP, ROCKY TERRAIN. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE ACFT HAD CRASHED IN A RIGHT WING LOW, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHILE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND. THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES. HOWEVER, PERSONNEL IN THE VICINITY STATED THAT THE SKY WAS OVERCAST, CLOUD BASES WERE AT ABOUT 10,000 FT, THE MOUNTAINS WERE OBSCURED & LIGHT DRIZZLE WAS FALLING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.