# Accident 19840928056609A: Piper PA31, Paonia, CO, September 28, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1984, 08:15 local time
- Place: Paonia, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8608° N, 107.5908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8608&lon=-107.5908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7205L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7205L-1986-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,587 total, 1,960 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN84FA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA303) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840928056609A

## Narrative

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

FLYING CLOSE TO GROUND DURING SURVEY. CLEARED RIDGE BUT DOWNDRAFT AND DENSITY ALTITUDE RESULTED IN STALL INTO TREES

## 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 DEN84FA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA303), Sep 28, 1984: Piper PA-31-310 (N7205L), Paonia, 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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