# NTSB Accident DEN00FA127
> **Cessna 195** · 2000-07-08 · Aspen, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN00FA127
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21427
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-07-08
- **Location:** Aspen, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.240001, -106.711669
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 195
- **Registration:** N4377V
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's poor in-flight decision to fly up a valley with rapidly rising terrain, which resulted in the airplane colliding with the terrain due to its climb performance being exceeded.  A contributing factors was the high, rapidly rising, mountainous terrain.

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