- Date
- October 24, 1983, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9317JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831024057129A
- Case key
- 16284
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that during arrival, he was receiving vectors for an ILS when he entered a descent from 9000 to 8500 ft MSL. He entered clouds during the descent & applied carburetor (carb) heat immediately before entering the clouds. He said that the acft remained in wx for about 15 min during the radar vectors. During that time, a small amount of ice formed on the wings & looked like frost. He stated that he was unable to maintain an assigned alt of 8000 ft, which he believed was due to carb ice & loss of power. Subsequently, he made a forced landing in an open field where the acft collided with a fence. After the accident, the throttle, mixture & carb heat controls were checked & found to operate normally. No part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9317J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3426
- Airframe hours
- 4,617
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Western State Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 21, 1983 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- AXS · Altus, OK
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- APA · Arapahoe
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 398 total · 21 in this make and model · 253 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Observed at
- 2, 19 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.
Other investigations on N9317J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.