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DEN83LA023

1982-11-11 · DURANGO, Colorado, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 5CO0

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT LANDED AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AND LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN A CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. THE PILOT BELIEVED HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF THE WET RUNWAY AND STRONG CROSSWIND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_DEN83LA023.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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