# Accident 19890915035119A: Piper PA31T2, Denver, CO, September 15, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1989, 13:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9607° N, 105.1391° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9607&lon=-105.1391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63XL-1991-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T2 (registry code 7103127, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T2
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 26,900 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890915035119A

## Narrative

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

STALLED IN A STEEP TURN AFTER ADVISED TO MAKE A 360 DEGREE TURN ON FINAL FOR TRAFFIC SPACING.

## 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 DEN89FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA217), Sep 15, 1989: Piper PA-31T2 (N63XL), Louisville, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHILE MANEUVERING FOR SPACING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AT LOW ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N63XL (1)

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

- [Incident 19830330015049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830330015049I), Mar 30, 1983: Piper PA31T (N63XL), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Too low on final at Private strip. Nose gear hooked the top strand of a barbed wire fence. Returned to base.

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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