- Date
- October 7, 1973
- Place
- Aspen, CO · ASPEN, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3234WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731007036799A
- Case key
- 187902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3852 73/10/7 ASPEN,COLO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 253 TIME - 1100 N3234W PX- 0 2 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PITKIN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASPEN,COLO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- KNOWN TURB & DWN DRAFTS DEP END OF RWY.DENSITY ALT ABT 9700 FT.NR MAX GROSS WT.UN MAINTAIN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3234W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pitkin County
N3234WRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3234W · 1
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