# Accident 19750707020019A: Piper PA23, Lake City, CO, July 7, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1975
- Place: Lake City, CO
- Airport: Vc Lodge Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.0231° N, 107.3113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0231&lon=-107.3113&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5RJ-1976-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,677 total, 510 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FTE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTE05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750707020019A

## Narrative

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

D/A 11500FT.RT ENG OUT 150FT AGL.PLT LND IN PASTURE.HAD TO HOLD GR TO CLR PWR LINES.

## 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 DEN76FTE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTE05), Jul 7, 1975: Piper PA-23 (N5RJ), Lake City, 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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