- Date
- July 11, 1981
- Place
- Ten Sleep, WY · TEN SLEEP, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6852KPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810711042039A
- Case key
- 123564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3602 81/7/11 TEN SLEEP,WY PIPER PA-16 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N6852K PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 66, 3600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COWLEY,WY TORRINGTON,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DPTD AFT ARGUMENT W CAP OFFICIALS.CORONARY ARTERY 70-80% OCCLUDED.BLOOD ALC 0.044%.RCVRD 7/18/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6852K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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