# NTSB DEN75AD003: Piper PA-28, N54382, Leadville, CO, July 13, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 13, 1975
- Place: Leadville, CO · LEADVILLE, CO
- Location: 39.2473° N, 106.2935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leadville, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2473&lon=-106.2935&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201302
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN75AD003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD003-201302

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3010  75/7/13  NR.LEADVILLE,CO       PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  1  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1135                    N54382              PX-  1  0  0  DUAL                      37, 2078 TOTAL HOURS, 90
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ASPEN,CO                    COLORADO SPRINGS,CO         LEADVILLE,CO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- POSSIBLE FORCED LDG ON MTN UPSLOPE FOR UNDET REASON. AOPA MTN FLYING COURSE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54382](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54382-1975-12-15), registration cancelled 1975-12-15, S/N 287410043 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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