- Date
- February 26, 1977
- Place
- Broomfield, CO · BROOMFIELD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7237PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770226022979A
- Case key
- 157867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1572 77/2/26 BROOMFIELD,CO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 250 TIME - 1404 N7237P PX- 2 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOMFIELD,CO THERMOPOLIS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: FILTERS,SCREEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE PRESSURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- SMOKE OBSRVD COMING FRM ACFT SHORTLY AFTR LIFTOFF.PACKING ENVELOPE FOUND INSIDE FILTER ELEMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7237P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jefferson County
N7237PRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.