# Accident 19950529049039A: Piper PA28180, Byers, CO, May 29, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1995, 21:15 local time
- Place: Byers, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7094° N, 104.2198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7094&lon=-104.2198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55114, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55114-1997-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950529049039A

## Narrative

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

(-16) ON MAY 29, 1995, AT 2115 MDT, A PIPER PA-28-180, N55114, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL NEAR BYERS, COLORADO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED IF THE PILOT WAS CURRENT FOR NIGHT FLIGHT. INVESTIGATION OF THE NINE FAA RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHAPTER 1, ORDER 8020.11 CONCERNING THIS ACCIDENT WERE NOT INVOLVED.

## 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 FTW95FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA222), May 30, 1995: Piper PA-28-180 (N55114), Byers, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS WERE THE LOW CEILINGS, THE DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS,…

## Other reports on N55114 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920124000899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920124000899I), Jan 24, 1992: Piper PA28180 (N55114), Aurora, CO, Minor damage. Hard landing due to wind gust. Improperly aligned with runway due to wind. Right gear hit snowbank, nosed over.

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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