# Accident 19740104005289A: Piper PA32300, Byers, CO, January 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1974
- Place: Byers, CO
- Airport: Skyhaven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.7136° N, 104.1938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY HAVEN (CO17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7136&lon=-104.1938&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5248S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,490 total, 125 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DTE63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTE63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740104005289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OIL WELL SLUDGE SPLASHED ON ACFT DURING TKOF.ACFT BECAME TAIL HEAVY,WOULDNT CLIMB.FROST ON WNDSHLD

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN74DTE63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTE63), Jan 4, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N5248S), Byers, CO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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