# Accident 19851109076719A: Piper PA23250, Englewood, CO, November 9, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1985, 13:00 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4852° N, 104.8259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4852&lon=-104.8259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1909T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1909T-1989-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,231 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN86FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851109076719A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING THE ILS APPROACH. AIRFRAME ICING AND TURBULENCE IN THE AREA.

## 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 DEN86FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA020), Nov 9, 1985: Piper PA-230-250 (N1909T), Englewood, 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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