Piper PA-28-181 N8266U

Summary

On 4 November 1987 at about 19:34 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N8266U, operated by Durango Air Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Durango, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 November 1987 at 19:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Durango, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

37.2693, -107.8793

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N8266U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Durango Air Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Durango → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88FA021

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE TWO PAX HAD CHARTERED N8266U FOR A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT OF THE LOCAL AREA. THE CHARTER PLT, A CFI FOUND THAT ONE OF THE PAX WAS A PLT AND PERMITTED HIM TO FLY THE ACFT. THE PAX EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SPOTTING ELK AND FLEW THE ACFT INTO A CANYON, BELOW THE CANYON RIDGE LINE. THE ACFT APPROACHED THE END OF THE CANYON AND THE PLT EXECUTED A LEFT TURN. THE BACK SEAT PAX STATED THE STALL WARN HORN SOUNDED DURING THE TURN. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER BEFORE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE TERRAIN RISES TO ABOVE 10,000 FT. THE CALCULATED CLIMB RATE WAS DETERMINED TO BE 200 FT PER MIN APPROX.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.