| Status |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date | Monday 22 April 1985 |
| Time | 08:00 |
| Type |
 Cessna P210N |
| Operator | private |
| Registration | N6208W |
| MSN | P21000731 |
| Year of manufature | 1981 |
| Engines | Continental TSIO-520-P |
| Crew | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total occupants | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage | Destroyed |
| Location | Laporte, CO  United States of America
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| Phase | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature | Private |
| Departure Airport | Fort Collins, CO (3V5) |
| Destination Airport | |
| Narrative | THE PLT WAS A BUSINESS MAN, INVOLVED IN BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION WORK. ON THE MORNING OF THE ACDNT, HE HAD BREAKFAST WITH FRIENDS WHO SAID HE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS & WAS GOING TO FLY BEFORE GOING TO WORK. WITNESSES NEAR THE ACDNT SITE SAW THE ACFT FLYING IN THE AREA. THEY THOUGHT THE PLT MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A ROCK QUARRY THEY HAD FOR FOR SALE OR WAS INTERESTED IN A NEARBY SITE FOR A RECENTLY PROPOSED RESERVOIR. A UNICOM OPERATOR RECEIVED A DISTRESS CALL FROM THE PLT STATING HE HAD A 'STUCK ELEVATOR' & WAS GOING TO MAKE AN EMERG LNDG. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A ROCK WALL, APRX 100' BELOW A RIDGE LINE & 800' ABOVE A NEARBY VALLEY FLOOR. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED IN A NOSE-LEVEL, SLIGHTLY R WING LOW ATTITUDE WHILE AT HI SPEED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND; HOWEVER, THE ACFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTOYED BY IMPACT. A SUBSEQUENT CORONER'S INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PLT HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS& LISTED HIS DEATH AS SUICIDE; HOWEVER, THE PLT HAD MADE NO KNOWN DECLARATION OF INTENT TO PERFORM SUCH AN ACT. CAUSE: |
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