Cessna T303 N9565T

Summary

On 12 January 1988 at about 03:10 local time, a Cessna T303 registered N9565T, operated by Amspray Sales Corporation, was involved in an accident near Kiowa, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 January 1988 at 03:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Kiowa, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

39.3409, -104.4606

Aircraft

Cessna T303

Registration

N9565T

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Amspray Sales Corporation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Englewood → El Paso

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN88FA050

2 people 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 OBTAINED TWO WX BRIEFINGS AND FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN TO EL PASO, TX. HE WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. THE ACFT DEPARTED APA AT 1959 AND DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AT 2010. THE CRASH SITE WAS 11- 1/2 MI SE OF THE KIOWA VORTAC AND 36 MI SE OF APA. RADAR SHOWED A 15-MI WIDE BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS SE OF THE KIOWA VORTAC. GROUND WITNESSES REPORTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PLT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE STATED, 'NOT VALID FOR NIGHT FLIGHT OR BY COLOR CONTROL.' PLT AUTOPSY ALSO DISCLOSED 'MYXOMATOUS ALTERATION OF THE MITRAL VALVE, CONSISTENT WITH MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE (FLOPPY MITRAL VALVE).'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.