- Date
- July 5, 1981
- Place
- Walsenburg, CO · WALSENBURG, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27561Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810705037859A
- Case key
- 124154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3291 81/7/5 WALSENBURG,CO PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 2705 TIME - 0600 N27561 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 427 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALSENBURG,CO ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27561
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson Field
N27561Registration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Piper PA-31-325Airframe modelPiper PA-31-325Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.