Cessna A185F N714PM

Summary

On 16 May 1984 at about 14:45 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N714PM was involved in an accident near Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 May 1984 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N714PM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Pocatello

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA151

2 people were seriously 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 PLT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) WAS CHECKING OUT ANOTHER PLT ON A PIPELINE ROUTE. THE COPILOT WAS OCCUPYING THE LEFT SEAT & WAS FLYING THE ACFT. WHILE SURVEYING THE PIPELINE, THEY PROCEEDED NORTH UP A CANYON TOWARD DOUGLAS PASS. NO TURBULENCE & LITTLE EFFECT FROM THE WIND WAS NOTED AS THEY WERE EN ROUTE TO THE PASS. AS THEY APCHD THE PASS. A CLIMB WAS STARTED WITH CLIMB POWER. HOWEVER, ABOUT 1/2 MI FROM THE PASS, & SEVERAL HUNDRED FT BELOW IT, A DOWNDRAFT WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PIC TOOK CONTROL, APPLIED FULL POWER & TURNED TO CREST A HILL & DESCEND IN A VALLEY. HE THEN NOTICED HE WAS SINKING TOO FAST & TURNED IN THE OPPOSITED DIRECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 8000 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.