- Date
- July 20, 1973
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7973YPiper PA-30B
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730720024309A
- Case key
- 189600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1875 73/7/20 NR.AURORA,COLO PIPER PA-30B CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0054 N7973Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST CTL DURING NITE IFR ILS APCH. CRASHED 1.3 MI SHORT OF OUTER MARKER.BOTH SEAT BELTS UNFASTENED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7973Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N7973Y · 1
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