- Date
- July 10, 1981
- Place
- Eaton, CO · EATON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N27JGRyan Aero ST-A
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810710041509A
- Case key
- 125116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1781 81/7/10 NR.EATON,CO RYAN AERO ST-A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 12000 TIME - 1645 N27JG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THOMPSON LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 90 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSD TO ROLL INVERTED & SPLIT-S.D/A APRX 7900FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27JG
- Reported as
- Ryan Aero ST-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thompson
N27JGRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Ryan Aeronautical ST-AAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST-AEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.