# Accident 20000605012499A: Piper PA31350, Kiowa, CO, June 5, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2000, 10:31 local time
- Place: Kiowa, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 39.3404° N, 104.4595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3404&lon=-104.4595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67BJ-2000-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000605012499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 5, 2000 AT 1031 MST N67BJ, A PIPER PA-31-350, WAS BEING OPERATED BY KEY LIME AIR, INC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF A SECOND IN COMMAND PILOT CHECK. THE A/C CRASHED INTO TERRAIN NEAR KIOWA, CO AND WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT AND POSTIMPACT FIRE. BOTH PILOTS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES DURING THE IMPACT THE ATP CERTIFIED COMPANY INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS RECEIVING A PRE-EMPLOYMENT CHECK RIDE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN TEH TRAINING AREA. THE A/C WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH A CALL SIGN OF LYM770 WHICH ORIGINATED FROM DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT MADE AN INTERMEDIATE DELAY AT THE CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, APA, TO CONDUCT PRACTICE ILS APPROACHES AND TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE LANDINGS. WITNESSES IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE OBSERVED THE A/C IN A SPIRAL/SPIN THAT CONTINUED UNTIL IMPACT WITH TERRAIN IN AN OPEN AREA.

## 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 DEN00FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA102), Jun 5, 2000: Piper PA-31-350 (N67BJ), Kiowa, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the flight instructor's failure to maintain aircraft control while practicing stall maneuvers, which resulted in an inadvertent spin.

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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