- Date
- February 18, 1978
- Place
- Milner, CO · MILNER, CO
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6049YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780218004189A
- Case key
- 143240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0390 78/2/18 MILNER,CO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 562 TIME - 1352 N6049Y PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 386 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEAMBOAT SPRINGS,CO LAS VEGAS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIPCRAFT HAD BEEN TIED DOWN IN BELOW ZERO TEMP FOR A WEEK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6049Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6049YRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 1982 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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