- Date
- February 17, 1974
- Place
- Pueblo, CO · PUEBLO, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15654Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740217022419A
- Case key
- 186893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0404 74/2/17 PUEBLO,COLO PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 148 TIME - 1928 N15654 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PUEBLO MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,N MEX PUEBLO,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- NIGHT VISUAL APCH.RWY LIGHTED,NO APCH LTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15654
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pueblo Municipal
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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.