# Accident 20080918846499A: Piper PA60602P, Kremmling, CO, September 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2008, 20:24 local time
- Place: Kremmling, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0522° N, 106.4169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0522&lon=-106.4169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97TS-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-602P (registry code 7106015, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080918846499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 2020 HOURS MST, A PIPER AEROSTAR, MODEL PA60-602, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN 1.5 MILES WEST OF KREMMLING, COLORADO.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (KVGT), LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APPROXIMATELY 1710 LOCAL TIME.

## 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 DFW08FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA233), Sep 19, 2008: Piper Aerostar PA-60-602P (N97TS), Kremmling, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and 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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