- Date
- October 8, 1983, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kim, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2174MPiper PA-28-236
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008055669A
- Case key
- 16180
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground in a wing down nose low attitude. The plt had been advised that VFR flt was not recommended for his route of flt. The non-instrument rated plt went anyway and encountered weather. In maneuvering to get below or out of the weather the plt collided with the ground. Weather observation 45 miles from the accident site about 1 hour earlier was 1200 ft broken, 2000 ft overcast with the mesas and mountains obscured by clouds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2174M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7911067
- Airframe hours
- 745
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-540-J3A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard J. Kruse
- Registered owner
- Son'S Drilling , Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1982
- Departed
- BYG · Buffalo, WY
- Destination
- E02 · Odessa, TX
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 60 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TAD, 65 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.