# Accident 19851201058409A: Piper PA31P350, Englewood, CO, December 1, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1985, 18:08 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5433° N, 104.8352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5433&lon=-104.8352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9250Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 212 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN86FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851201058409A

## Narrative

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

ALTHOUGH CLEARED FOR AN ILS APPROACH, DESCENDED VISUALLY TO AIRPORT. IMPACTED ON HIGHER FLAT TERRAIN ON FINAL.

## 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 DEN86FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA034), Dec 2, 1985: Piper PA-31-350 (N9250Y), Englewood, CO, substantial damage

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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