- Date
- February 6, 1977
- Place
- Ft. Collins, CO · FT. COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9647JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770206010829A
- Case key
- 157937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1055 77/2/6 NR.FT. COLLINS, CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N9647J PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 27, 771 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 37 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GREELEY, CO ASPEN, CO STEAMBOAT SPRGS, CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- MOUNTAIN FLYING TRAINING. FLYING UP A CANYON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9647J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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