# NTSB DEN70AD029: Piper PA-28, N5752W, Cuchara, CO, October 23, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 23, 1969
- Place: Cuchara, CO · CUCHARA, CO
- Location: 37.3627° N, 105.1050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cuchara, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3627&lon=-105.1050&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 8, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187187
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70AD029
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70AD029

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3144  69/10/23   CUCHARA,COLO        PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 18, UNK/NR
        TIME - 0715                    N5752W              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BELEN,N MEX                 DENVER,COLO                  ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- FLEW INTO MNTN UPSLOPE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. RECOVERY DATE 5/29/70.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5752W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5752W-1970-07-27), registration cancelled 1970-07-27, S/N 28-1489 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (registry code 7102806) (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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