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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 58P · Durango, CO · February 10, 1984

Date
February 10, 1984 · 19:27 local
Place
Durango, CO
Airport
La Plata
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6400E
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN84FA089
Reported as
Beech 58P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520WB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,819 total320 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Report indicates pilot lost control from a steep turn in marginal weather and no ground lights, circling to land.

As the FAA filed it

REPORT INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL FROM A STEEP TURN IN MARGINAL WEATHER AND NO GROUND LIGHTS, CIRCLING TO LAND.

NTSB investigation

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