CEN27FA030

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-235 · Gunnison, CO · October 24, 2026

Accident · FatalClass 3 · FieldInvestigation open
Date
October 24, 2026, 08:22 local (14:22 UTC)
Place
Gunnison, CO
Injuries
3 fatal
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N8777WPiper PA-28-235
Defining event
Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Central Region
Case key
204066

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N8777W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-235
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Pilot
Registered owner
Hendi Aviation LLC

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Day
Wind
20° at 7 knots
Observed at
18 nm away

Other investigations on N8777W · 1

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