- Date
- April 13, 1992, 18:30 local (Apr 14, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Briggsdale, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2742MPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920413009979A
- Case key
- 41574
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Probable cause
Proper altitude was not maintained. Factors include ostentatious display.
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 Piper PA-28R crashed on a low hill while the pilot was engaged in low flying activities. The aircraft hit with wings level, bounced into the air and then crashed inverted. According to passenger statements, the pilot had been engaged in pitch-over maneuvers and flying at excessively low altitudes before the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2742M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7803141
- Airframe hours
- 2,289
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Northern Colorado Air Chrtr
- Registered owner
- Elton D. Millikin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 12, 1992 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- GXY · Greeley, CO
- Destination
- FNL · Loveland, 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 14 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GXY, 22 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.