# Accident 20010529014459A: Piper PA28161, Meeker, CO, May 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Meeker, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7750° N, 107.3694° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7750&lon=-107.3694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5999V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5999V-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010529014459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 29, 01 AT 1515 MNT. DAYLIGHT TIME, N5999V DEPARTED MEEKER, CO AFTER FUELING. AT 2324 AN ALERT WAS ISSUED BASED ON FAMILY CONCERNS.  ON JUNE 04, 01 FISHERMEN FOUND DEBRIS IN MARVINE LAKE, APPROX. 30 MILES SOUTH EAST OF MEEKER.  ON JUNE 06, 01 THE DEBRIS WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HAVING COME FROM N5999V.  THE ESTIMATED TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IS 1530. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON JUNE 09, 01 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE IN 43 FEET OF WATER.

## 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 DEN01FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA111), May 29, 2001: Piper PA-28-161 (N5999V), Meeker, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance as a result of his drug induced impairment. A factor was his exceeding the airplane's gross weight limits.

## Other reports on N5999V (2)

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

- [Incident 19980708020489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980708020489I), Jul 8, 1998: Piper PA28161 (N5999V), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Engine quit 8 mi from rno. Landed short of runway. Fuel depletion.
- [Accident 19830731037369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830731037369A), Jul 31, 1983: Piper PA28161 (N5999V), Cashion, OK, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted takeoff and ground looped airplane intentionally because runway was too short for safe takeoff.

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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