Cessna 182 N735FW

Summary

On 31 May 1983 at about 17:24 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N735FW was involved in an accident near Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 May 1983 at 17:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Colorado Springs (COS)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N735FW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Childress → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FA129

Nobody was injured.

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 ACFT MADE A CONTROLLED HARD EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD OFF AIRPORT AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH ICING. THE PILOT WAS MAKING A TURN DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE AND FELT THE ACFT BEGIN TO STALL AND BUFFET AND SLOW IN ITS RESPONSE TO ROLL. HE PITCHED DOWN TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND BEGAN A DESCENT TO LOOK FOR A LANDING SPOT. HE MADE A RAPID DESCENT TO 7500 FT.MSL & THEN SLOWED SINK RATE WITH POWER BUT CONTINUED DESCENT. BETWEEN BREAKS IN CLOUDS HE MADE GROUNDCONTACT AND FINALLY BROKE OUT BELOW 100 FT CEILING TO LAND IN A PASTURE WITH APPROACH AT 80 KTS FULL POWER NOSE HIGH WINGS LEVEL. THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND THE RT MAIN FAILED IN ROLLOUT. 100 FEET AFTER INITIAL IMPACT THE ACFT HIT A FENCE.AFTER THE NOSE GEAR FAILED THE PROP DUG IN AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER 156 FEET FROM TOUCHDOWN. THE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED AND MADE AN EXIT FROM THE ACFT THROUGH A WINDOW SINCE THE DOORS WERE JAMMED SHUT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.