19871104082149A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Durango, CO · November 4, 1987

Date
November 4, 1987 · 12:34 local
Place
Durango, CO
Airport
Durango-La Plata County
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
CMIA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8266U
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88FA021
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,290 total129 in this make and model365 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.

Allowed passenger pilot to fly up a canyon to spot elk at a low altitude. Crashed into rising terrain and burned.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED PASSENGER PILOT TO FLY UP A CANYON TO SPOT ELK AT A LOW ALTITUDE. CRASHED INTO RISING TERRAIN AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N8266U · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.