- Date
- September 26, 1976
- Place
- Steamboat Spgs, CO · STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N777MFPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760926039049A
- Case key
- 156154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3762 76/9/26 STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4686 TIME - 1308 N777MF PX- 5 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 499 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROUTT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO DENVER CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISC-AFT CARGO DOOR CAME OPEN DURING TAKEOFF WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES SAW TURN TO FINAL STEEPEN-NOSE DROP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777MF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Routt County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.