- Date
- October 18, 1988, 17:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Garfield, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3913KPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881018046909A
- Case key
- 17566
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Weather condition - downdraftCause
Proper altitude - not attainedCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3913K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23781
- Airframe hours
- 2,115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shippen, John L.
- Registered owner
- John Lee Shippen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1988 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Destination
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,075 total · 300 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 26 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.