# Accident 19990703008809A: Piper PA22150, Hayden Pass, CO, July 3, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1999, 10:11 local time
- Place: Hayden Pass, CO
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3493° N, 105.8307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3493&lon=-105.8307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4753A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4753A-1999-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990703008809A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DEPARTED FROM BOULDER, CO, ON 7/3/99 AND WAS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO BOULDER, CO ON 7/6/99, BUT THE ACFT NEVER RETURNED, AN ALNOT WAS ISSUED AND THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON 7/12/99, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)THIS VFR FLIGHT DEPARTED BOULDER, COLORADO FOR CENTER, COLORADO. THE A/C ENTERED A CANYON AND WHILE MANUEVERING, THE A/C COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN AT 10,350 FOOT LEVEL NEAR HAYDEN PASS (SUMMIT 11,184 FEET). THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 DEN99FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA119), Jul 3, 1999: Piper PA-22-150 (N4753A), Coaldale, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane for reasons for reasons undetermined.

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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