# Accident 20150111000549A: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Brighton, CO, January 11, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2015, 12:46 local time
- Place: Brighton, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9914° N, 104.5933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9914&lon=-104.5933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82828, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82828-2018-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150111000549A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 11, 2015 AT 1246 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME N82828, A PIPER PA-28RT-201T SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A WHEAT FIELD WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR BRIGHTON, COLORADO. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM VAN AIRE AIRPORT (CO12).

## 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 CEN15FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA101), Jan 11, 2015: Piper PA 28RT-201T (N82828), Brighton, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional descent into the terrain.

## Other reports on N82828 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900923052859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900923052859I), Sep 23, 1990: Piper PA28RT201T (N82828), Wilkesboro, NC, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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