- Date
- October 16, 1970
- Place
- Almont, CO · ALMONT, CO
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9415WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2732 70/10/16 NR.ALMONT,COLO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1500 TIME - 1003 N9415W PX- 0 2 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUNNISON,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT SAID WHILE APCHNG MT RIDGE IN A CLIMBING ATTITUDE ACFT SETTLED INTO TREES AT 9000FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9415W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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