ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35608
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| Date: | Saturday 27 March 1999 |
| Time: | 09:52 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Foxtrot Flying Club, Inc. |
| Registration: | N56306 |
| MSN: | 32-7340170 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6746 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pagosa Springs , CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Durango, CO (KDRO) |
| Perry, IA (KPRO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Before departing on the accident flight, the non-instrument rated pilot received two weather briefings, and was advised both times that VFR flight was not recommended. AIRMETs were forecasted for IFR conditions, mountain obscurement, turbulence, and icing conditions along the route of flight. Density altitude was calculated to be 13,248 feet. The aircraft became the subject of an ALNOT when it failed to arrive at its destination later that day. It was located on the morning of April 7 in a snow chute area along a 35 degree inclining slope on the east side of Chalk Peak in the San Juan Mountains east of Durango. Immediate travel to the accident site was delayed due to avalanche conditions and high snow levels. According to surface analysis data, the rising terrain at the north end of the Chalk Mountains was obscured by clouds, with an area of low pressure over Colorado and a weak cold front extended from central Nevada and Utah to along the Wyoming-Colorado border. Examination of the wreckage did not disclose any evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Probable Cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions. Related factors were flight into known adverse weather, the adverse weather, mountain obscuration, snow, icing, and high density altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN99FA064
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 10:56 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2024 08:08 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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