19780202000819A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA23 · Boulder, CO · February 2, 1978

Date
February 2, 1978
Place
Boulder, CO
Airport
Boulder City
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3257P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN78FTE27
Reported as
Piper PA23
Reported engine
Lycoming
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,634 total2 in this make and model119 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 rough field. Ac not flown in one year.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN ROUGH FIELD.AC NOT FLOWN IN ONE YEAR.

NTSB investigation

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