# Accident 20060803016479A: Piper PA24180, Mosca, CO, August 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mosca, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8547° N, 105.4675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8547&lon=-105.4675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5416P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5416P-2007-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060803016479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2006, APPROXIMATELY 0920 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-24-180, N5416P, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DURING DESCENT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSCA, COLORADO, NEAR TO GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE BUSINESS CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PUEBLO, COLORADO, APPROXIMATELY 0830 AND WAS ENROUTE TO ALAMOSA, COLORADO.

## 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 DEN06FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA109), Aug 3, 2006: Piper PA-24-180 (N5416P), Mosca, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: a non-mechanical partial loss of engine power due to carburetor ice, and the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain. Contributing factors in this accident were weather conditions…

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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