- Date
- September 20, 1971
- Place
- Aspen, CO · ASPEN, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4313PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1898 71/9/20 NR.ASPEN,COLO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1390 TIME - 1445 N4313P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 610 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASPEN,COLO PUEBLO,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L ENG QUIT.SUGAR FOUND IN AUX TANK SOURCE NOT DTRMD. UN TO MAINTAIN FLT.HIT SNOW COVERED ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4313P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4313PRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 1973 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.