# Accident 19900715025649A: Piper PA28161, Garfield, CO, July 15, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1990, 10:05 local time
- Place: Garfield, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5492° N, 106.2905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5492&lon=-106.2905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8102C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8102C-1991-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 817 total, 29 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900715025649A

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW TO NEGOTIATE PASS. FLEW UNDER WIRES THEN STALLED FROM NOSE HIGH TURN INTO TREES. DENSITY ALTITUDE A FACTOR.

## 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 FTW90FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA141), Jul 15, 1990: Piper PA-28-161 (N8102C), Garfield, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY INTO THE MOUNTAIN PASS AND THE SUBSEQUENT INABILITY TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE GROUND CLEARANCE.

## Other reports on N8102C (1)

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

- [Incident 19880702054859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880702054859I), Jul 2, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N8102C), Woodland, CA. Forced landing due to loss of engine power. Vectored to Woodland-Watts. Exhaust valve had failed.

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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