- Date
- August 7, 1987, 22:12 local (Aug 8, 1987, 04:12 UTC)
- Place
- Last Chance, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5994UPiper PA28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870807042959A
- Case key
- 17122
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a cross country flt the plt encountered IFR conditions and was neither trained nor qualified to fly IFR. Attempts by ATC to assist the plt and route the flt to an arpt were unsuccessful. The plt lost control of the acft and crashed in a field, the plt was fatally injured and the acft was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5994U
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2826731
- Airframe hours
- 5,162
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John A Stygar
- Registered owner
- John A Stygar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 4, 1986 · 118 hours before
- Departed
- AKO · Akron, CO
- Destination
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 237 in this make and model · 199 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO, 34 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.