Piper PA28-140 N5994U

Summary

On 8 August 1987 at about 04:12 local time, a Piper PA28-140 registered N5994U, operated by John A Stygar, was involved in an accident near Last Chance, 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

8 August 1987 at 04:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Last Chance, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.2491, -103.6301

Aircraft

Piper PA28-140

Registration

N5994U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John A Stygar

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Akron → Boulder

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN87FA213

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

WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLT THE PLT ENCOUNTERED IFR CONDITIONS AND WAS NEITHER TRAINED NOR QUALIFIED TO FLY IFR. ATTEMPTS BY ATC TO ASSIST THE PLT AND ROUTE THE FLT TO AN ARPT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PLT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND CRASHED IN A FIELD, THE PLT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.