DEN72FTE31

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Littleton, CO · September 11, 1971

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 11, 1971
Place
Littleton, CO · LITTLETON, CO
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N9162WPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report May 22, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
164327

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3839  71/9/11    LITTLETON,COLO      PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 2130                    N9162W              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBINE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LITTLETON,COLO             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
        REMARKS- WITNESSES SAW ACFT TKOF.CRASH NEARBY.FOUND NO ONE ON ARRIVAL AT ACDNT SITE.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

Aircraft

Registration
N9162W
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Columbine

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.