# Accident 19740831040719A: Lear 25B, Briggsdale, CO, August 31, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1974
- Place: Briggsdale, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 40.6360° N, 104.3243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Briggsdale, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6360&lon=-104.3243&mi=10
- Aircraft: N366AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N366AA-1975-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,323 total, 161 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740831040719A

## Narrative

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

UNUSUAL ATTITUDE PRACTICE.FULL NOSE DOWN TRIM. MISC-UNABLE TO RETRIM ACFT FOR UNDETERMINED REASON

## 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 DEN75AD007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD007), Aug 31, 1974: Gates Lear 25B (N366AA), Briggsdale, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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