# Accident 20030806018139A: Piper PA28161, Crowheart, WY, August 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Crowheart, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2850° N, 109.3356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2850&lon=-109.3356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2973T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2973T-2013-08-19) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 360 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030806018139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED THE RIVERTON AIRPORT UNDER HIGH DENSITY CONDITIONS. HE THEN PROCEEDED INTO HIGH TERRAIN WHERE THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CRASHED.

## 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 DEN03LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA139), Aug 6, 2003: Piper PA-28-161 (N2973T), Crowheart, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning (attempting to exceed aircraft's published certificated performance), the pilot not obtaining sufficient altitude to clear the terrain (not possible), and…

## Other reports on N2973T (1)

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

- [Accident 19821231065219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821231065219A), Dec 31, 1982: Piper PA28161 (N2973T), Oakley, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft skided on ice covered runway and collided with runway lights and snow after leaving runway.

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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