# Accident 19790210010469A: Piper PA24250, Silvercliff, CO, February 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1979, 15:10 local time
- Place: Silvercliff, CO
- Airport: Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1292° N, 105.3992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver Cliff, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1292&lon=-105.3992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6428P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6428P-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 614 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTE24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790210010469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM A SOFT,MUDDY RUNWAY. FORCED ACFT INTO THE AIR THEN HIT THE GROUND.

## 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 DEN79FTE24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE24), Feb 10, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N6428P), Silver Cliff, CO, destroyed

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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