# NTSB Accident DEN02LA083
> **Cessna 172S** · 2002-07-26 · Georgetown, CO, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN02LA083
- **Event ID:** 20020808X01329
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-07-26
- **Location:** Georgetown, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.666667, -105.90583
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** CGKRA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate preflight planning for a flight through high mountainous terrain, and the pilot committing himself to a mountainous flight path where terrain clearance was not possible.  Contributing factors were the high density altitude weather condition, and the rising mountainous terrain.

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