19890719024219A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-160 · Crested Butte, CO · July 19, 1989

Date
July 19, 1989 · 08:00 local
Place
Crested Butte, CO
Airport
Crested Butte Airport
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5673W
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89LA174
Reported as
Piper PA28160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
603 total394 in this make and model98 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.

Flying in lee of mountain scouting elk. Encountered severe downdraft causing crash landing on mountainside.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING IN LEE OF MOUNTAIN SCOUTING ELK. ENCOUNTERED SEVERE DOWNDRAFT CAUSING CRASH LANDING ON MOUNTAINSIDE.

NTSB investigation

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