- Date
- April 4, 1971
- Place
- Sugar City, CO · SUGAR CITY, CO
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N5418PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1328 71/4/4 SUGAR CITY,COLO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 825 TIME - 1630 N5418P PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,COLO STRATTON,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- PAX SAW SMK COMING FRM ENG COMPRTMNT.ACFT STALLED IN L TURN,ALT TOO LOW FOR RCVRY.NO EVD OF FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5418P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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