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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Saguache, CO · August 26, 2011

Date
August 26, 2011 · 17:00 local
Place
Saguache, CO
Airport
Saguache Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N75BA
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11CA662
Reported as
Piper PA-30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On August 26, 2011 at 1700, a Piper PA30, N75BA, registered to privacy data omitted was found abandoned and wrecked just off of the runway at the sagauche airport. It is understood that there may have been two passengers aboard when the accident occurred,the aircraft has substantial damage, no injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 26, 2011 AT 1700, A PIPER PA30, N75BA, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FOUND ABANDONED AND WRECKED JUST OFF OF THE RUNWAY AT THE SAGAUCHE AIRPORT. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TWO PASSENGERS ABOARD WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED,THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.