- Date
- February 3, 1973
- Place
- Greeley, CO · GREELEY, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N240SCPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730203002509A
- Case key
- 170002
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0311 73/2/3 GREELEY,COLO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0827 N240SC PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 2081 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 443 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WELD COUNTY,COLO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELD COUNTY,COLO PUEBLO,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 27 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- IFR TAKEOFF.WENT ON AND OFF INSTMNTS.DISORIENTED.LOST ALTITUDE.FLEW INTO HAYSTACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N240SC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Weld County,Colo
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.