- Date
- October 17, 1969
- Place
- Greeley, CO · GREELEY, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8584YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187197
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3147 69/10/17 GREELEY,COLO PIPER PA-30 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 5162 TIME - 1315 N8584Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARAMIE,WYO ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- L ENG LOST POWER. ACFT OVERGROSSED ABOUT 285 LB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8584Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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