19900427012109A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Leadville, CO · April 27, 1990

Date
April 27, 1990 · 11:30 local
Place
Leadville, CO
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8912N
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN90FA103
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
6
Pilot’s flight hours
392 total24 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into side of cloud obscured mountain at 12 thousand feet. Planned VFR at 10 thousand. Moca was 15 thousand.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN AT 12 THOUSAND FEET. PLANNED VFR AT 10 THOUSAND. MOCA WAS 15 THOUSAND.

NTSB investigation

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