- Date
- July 7, 1975
- Place
- Lake City, CO · LAKE CITY, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5RJPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750707020019A
- Case key
- 150427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3729 75/7/7 LAKE CITY,CO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N5RJ PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 1677 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 510 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VC LODGE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CITY,CO GUNNISON,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 14000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- D/A 11500FT.RT ENG OUT 150FT AGL.PLT LND IN PASTURE.HAD TO HOLD GR TO CLR PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5RJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vc Lodge Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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