- Date
- December 31, 1981
- Place
- Durango, CO · DURANGO, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41070Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1982
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19811231000039A
- Case key
- 80044
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3684 81/12/31 DURANGO,CO PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2000 N41070 PX- 3 2 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 33, 4900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1381 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DURANGO-LA PLATA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM DURANGO,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO EXECUTE SUCCESSFULLY A MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41070
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Durango-La Plata
N41070Registration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.