Cessna 182J N3334F

Summary

On 6 July 1999 at about 13:45 local time, a Cessna 182J registered N3334F, operated by Roxanne Lincycomb, was involved in an accident near La Veta, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 July 1999 at 13:45

Classification

Accident

Location

La Veta, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

37.5097, -105.0003

Aircraft

Cessna 182J

Registration

N3334F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Roxanne Lincycomb

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Amarillo

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN99FA114

2 people died.

The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain control of the aircraft. Factors were low ceiling and the pilot's lack of instrument experience.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight entered instrument conditions shortly after takeoff. The pilot was not instrument rated and had no instrument experience. The aircraft was observed by a witness to exit the base of the overcast cloud layer at high speed in a steep dive. The aircraft impacted the ground and disintegrated with a wreckage scatter pattern, which extended for 1,900 feet. The airspeed indicator was recovered with the needle jammed into the face at 190 miles per hour.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.