Piper PA-28RT-201T N2925U

Summary

On 22 November 1985 at about 23:55 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered N2925U was involved in an accident near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 November 1985 at 23:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Cheyenne Wells (45V)

Coordinates

38.8102, -102.3496

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201T

Registration

N2925U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Joplin → Englewood

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN86FA028

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 PLT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTING APA. THERE WAS A COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING DOWN FROM THE NORTH BUT WX WAS FORECAST TO BE VFR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE PLT AND A PLT-PAX FLEW TO JLN WHERE THE PLT-PAX DISEMBARKED. THE PLT DID NOT OBTAINED AN UPDATED WX BRIEFING. ACFT WAS OBSERVED BY LOCAL SHERIFF TO COLLIDE WITH POWER LINES AND CONTINUE FLYING FOR 4.5 MI BEFORE CRASHING AND BURNING. SHERIFF DESCRIBED WX AS FREEZING DRIZZLE AND 100 YARDS VISIBILITY WITH THE ROADS GETTING SLICK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.