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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA28 · Kremmling, CO · April 15, 1964

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
April 15, 1964
Place
Kremmling, CO · KREMMLING, CO
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N5367WPiper PA28
Status
Completed · report August 28, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
184945

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0286  64/4/15    KREMMLING COLO      PIPER PA28          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 55, 678
        TIME - 1900                    N5367W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCELROY FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           STALL                                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE

Aircraft

Registration
N5367W
Reported as
Piper PA28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Mcelroy Field

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.