19740106000909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA22 · South Fork, CO · January 6, 1974

Date
January 6, 1974
Place
South Fork, CO
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N159F
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN74DTE37
Reported as
Piper PA22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
245 total140 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed in deep snow due to wx and low fuel state. Flt over mountainous terrain in cloudy conditions

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN DEEP SNOW DUE TO WX AND LOW FUEL STATE.FLT OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN CLOUDY CONDITIONS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.