# NTSB FTW83FAMS1: Piper PA-34-220T, N80960, Durango, CO, November 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report
- Date: November 2, 1982, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Durango, CO
- Coordinates: 37.270816, -107.880928 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2708&lon=-107.8809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69213
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83FAMS1
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69213/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FAMS1

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Missing aircraft, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT ORIGINALLY DEPARTED HELENA, MT ON A FLIGHT BELIEVED TO BE TO TAOS, NM. A LANDING WAS MADE AT OGDEN, UT WHERE THE PLANE WAS SERVICED WITH 47.5 GAL OF FUEL. THE LAST RADIO COMMUNICATION WAS AT 1735 MST 11/2/82. AT THAT TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE 17 MILES WEST OF DURANGO, CO AT 11,500 FT. AFTER THAT, NO FURTHER CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE AIRCRAFT. FATAL INJURIES PRESUMED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N80960 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8233082
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360E 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Wolfgang H. Pogzeba
- Registered owner: Wolfgang H. Pogzeba
- Departed: OGDEN, UT
- Destination: TAOS, NM

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 200 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility: 0 statute miles

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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