- Date
- February 10, 1979
- Place
- Silver Cliff, CO · SILVER CLIFF, CO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6428PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790210010469A
- Case key
- 137038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0935 79/2/10 SILVER CLIFF,CO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 614 TIME - 1515 N6428P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER CLIFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SILVER CLIFF,CO LA JUNTA,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6428P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Silver Cliff
N6428PRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6428P · 1
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