Piper PA-34-200T N8096D

Summary

On 3 November 1982 at about 01:07 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N8096D, operated by Wolfgang H. Pogzeba, was involved in an accident near Canjilon, New Mexico, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 November 1982 at 01:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Canjilon, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

36.4692, -106.4302

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N8096D

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Wolfgang H. Pogzeba

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ogden → Taos

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW83FA298

4 people 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

PRIOR TO DEPARTING HELENA, MT AT 1209, THE PLT RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING FROM THE GREAT FALLS FSS. THE DFW 021240Z AREA FORECAST, VALID UNTIL 0700Z ON 11/3/82, WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FSS BRIEFER MADE THIS DEFICIENCY KNOWN TO THE PLT & RECOMMENDED THAT HE RECEIVE ANOTHER BRIEFING DURING HIS REFUELING STOP IN THE SALT LAKE CITY AREA. THE FORECAST CALLED FOR CLOUDS 7000-10000 FT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS & SNOW SHOWERS OVER NW NMEX SPREADING EASTWARD OVER THE STATE DURING THEAFTERNOON. MOUNTAIN TOPS WOULD BE LOCALLY OBSCURED ABOVE 6000 FT. AIRMET XRAY 1 WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA IN QUESTION CALLING FOR TERRAIN OBSCURATION IN CLOUDS ABOVE 6000 FT & PRECIPITATION WITH FREQUENT RIME ICING BETWEEN 8000 FT & 1400 FT MSL. THE FLT ARRIVED IN OGDEN, UT ABOUT 1400 & SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED 1500-1530. THERE IS NO RECORD THAT THE PLT REQUESTED ANOTHER WX BRIEFING. THE ACFT IMPACTED TREES ON THE NE SLOPE OF CANJILON PEAK AT THE 10,481 FT LEVEL. THE WX INFO ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE WAS THE 1852 OBSERVATION AT FARMINGTON, NM LOCATED 100 MI WEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.