# NTSB DEN68A0005: Piper PA-30, N8389Y, Windsor, CO, July 20, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 20, 1967
- Place: Windsor, CO · WINDSOR, CO
- Location: 40.4782° N, 104.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Windsor, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4782&lon=-104.9153&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 23, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115935
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68A0005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68A0005

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0819  67/7/20    WINDSOR,COLO        PIPER PA-30         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0745                    N8389Y              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 48, 5973 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8389Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8389Y-1970-06-12), registration cancelled 1970-06-12, S/N 30-1544 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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