Piper PA-22-150 N4753A

Summary

On 3 July 1999 at about 16:11 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N4753A was involved in an accident near Coaldale, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 July 1999 at 16:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Coaldale, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

38.3493, -105.8307

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N4753A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder → Center

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN99FA119

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane for reasons for reasons undetermined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot had intended on flying his passenger from Boulder, Colorado, to Center, Colorado. He obtained a weather briefing but did not file a flight plan. NTAP data detected a target departing Boulder at 0933. It was tracked to the vicinity of the accident site, where it was lost from radar. The airplane was missing for 9 days. It was located at the 10,350 foot level of Hayden Pass (summit 11,184 feet), between Coaldale and Villa Grove, Colorado. It had collided with trees in a heavily forested area. All the limbs on one side of a tree were broken off, and the airplane lay at its base. Adjoining trees were untouched. There was no evidence of preimpact airframe, flight control, engine, or propeller malfunction/failure. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.