- Date
- July 9, 1976
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3784TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760709031999A
- Case key
- 154646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2443 76/7/9 AURORA,CO PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 575 TIME - 1825 N3784T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 571 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,CO LUBBOCK,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 9000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND SPEED INCREASED SUDDENLY FROM 10 TO 36 KTS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. CABIN DOOR OPENED AFTER TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3784T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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Other investigations on N3784T · 1
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