- Date
- August 31, 1974
- Place
- Briggsdale, CO · BRIGGSDALE, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N366AAGates Lear 25B
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19740831040719A
- Case key
- 79899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3755 74/8/31 NR.BRIGGSDALE,COLO GATES LEAR 25B CR- 3 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1250 N366AA PX- 1 0 0 DUAL 51, 9323 TOTAL HOURS, 161 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-UNABLE TO RETRIM ACFT FOR UNDETERMINED REASON FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNUSUAL ATTITUDE PRACTICE.FULL NOSE DOWN TRIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N366AA
- Reported as
- Gates Lear 25B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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