# Accident 19831008055669A: Piper PA28236, Kim, CO, October 8, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1983, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kim, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2471° N, 103.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kim, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2471&lon=-103.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2174M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2174M-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN84FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831008055669A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL FLYING INTO AREA OF CLOUD OBSCURED MESAS. NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT ON A MESA. ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED.

## 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 DEN84FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA019), Oct 8, 1983: Piper PA-28-236 (N2174M), Kim, CO, destroyed, 1 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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