- Date
- January 3, 1975
- Place
- Crested Butte, CO · CRESTED BUTTE, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- CF-CTWPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148625
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0001 75/1/3 CRESTED BUTTE,CO PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1230 CF-CTW PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33, 364 TOTAL HOURS, 21 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERZUH-ROUSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESTED BUTTE,CO ASPEN,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SETTLED TO RWY & ABORTED.DENSITY ALT 7800FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-CTW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Verzuh-Rouse