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Cessna 182G N2030R

15 September 1986 · Brighton, Colorado, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 September 1986 at about 10:40 local time, a Cessna 182G registered N2030R, operated by James R. Bailey, was involved in an accident near Brighton, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 10:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Brighton, Colorado, United States
Coordinates
39.9510, -104.7910
Aircraft
Cessna 182G
Registration
N2030R
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
James R. Bailey
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Erie → Elizabethtown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
DEN86FA249

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0415 HOURS WHEN IT WAS STILL NIGHT TIME, THE NON INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PLT TOOK OFF ON AN EXTENDED CROSS COUNTRY FLT TO KENTUCKY. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER HE WAS OBSERVED FLYING IN A LEFT TURN, AT AN ATTITUDE OF 50 TO 75 FEET IN HEAVY FOG WHEN THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PLT. RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE PLTS FLT TIME WAS NOT REPORTED OR AVAILABLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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