- Date
- March 29, 1981
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44900Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810329012909A
- Case key
- 126618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2944 81/3/29 NR.ROCK SPRINGS,WY PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1222 TIME - 2330 N44900 PX- 1 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPRINGS,CO EVANSTON,WYOMING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- EXEC MISSED APCH,ILS RWY27.RPRTD ARPT IN SIGHT,CANCELLED IFR.CRASHED 3/4MI E OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44900
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rock Springs
N44900Registration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Piper PA-28R-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.