# Accident 20121005022279A: Piper PA-24-250, Peyton, CO, October 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2012, 14:39 local time
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9456° N, 104.5697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9456&lon=-104.5697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6661P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6661P-2013-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 815 total, 429 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121005022279A

## Narrative

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

ON OCT. 5, 2012, N6661P, PIPER PA-24-250, DEPARTED CAHOKIA, IL (KCPS) AT APROX. 1055 CDT ENROUTE TO MEADOWLAKE AIRPORT (KFLY) PEYTON, CO. ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE METAR WEATHER AT THE DESTINATION AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL, 13006 KT 10 SM OVC018 04/M01 A3019. ENROUTE, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS. NEAR HUGO VOR, 45.1 NM FROM MEADOWLAKE, THE PILOT NOTICED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ICE BUILDING UP ON THE AIRCRAFT (HE WAS AT 9000 MSL). HE ASKED FOR LOWER ALTITUDE AND WAS GIVEN 8500 MSL. ABOUT 10 MILES FROM THE FINAL DESTINATION, HE WAS VMC AND HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT. HE CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN. KNOWING HE HAD A BUILDUP OF ICE, THE PILOT MAINTAINED A FASTER APPROACH SPEED THAN USUAL. AT APROX 6-8 FEET AGL, THE PILOT FLARED AND REDUCED THE THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DROPPED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APROX. 150-200 FEET AFTER INITIAL IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN13CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA005), Oct 5, 2012: Piper PA-24-250 (N6661P), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during the landing with known structural icing, which resulted in the airplane’s stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to divert to an…

## Other reports on N6661P (1)

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

- [Accident 19971130035869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971130035869A), Nov 30, 1997: Piper PA24250 (N6661P), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. Acft landing gear would not extend, and acft landed short of the rwy. Lubbock, TX. (.4)during the initial takeoff departure climb, the gear would not retract…

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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